This U.S. City Was Just Ranked Number 1 in the World For Food Right Now!
Was cruising the CNN app and saw this. According to Time Out, haven’t heard of em myself, they surveyed thousands of people around the world to rate their city’s food scene across 18 different criteria. They also surveyed editors, food critics and chefs. More detail is in the article. CONGRATULATIONS … …….! You won’t get any argument from me!
In travel news this week: Why Nigerians say their Guinness is even better than Ireland’s, a Texan woman who moved to France in her 70s and is loving every minute, plus Time Out reveals the best foodie destinations for 2025.
Last edited by Panhead John; March 16, 2025, 11:46 AM.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
Medellín surprises me. Colombia actually has a reputation for bad food! It’s like the British food of South America. Just Google “why is Colombian food so bland?” We had a Colombian restaurant here for about 6 months. I gave it a try; the only thing half decent were the empanadas, everything else was like unsalted stew. Chicken stew, beef stew, pork stew, it all just laid there.
Peruvian food (Lima ranked 11th) is incredible. Same with Argentinian.
Haha too true! My 4 year old granddaughter was watching Bluey while I "watched" her one day in my home office. The episode that I can recall included beans on toast, sardines on toast, etc. I was surprised they didn't throw Vegemite in there too...
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In a small cafe in Athens, you said you loved me too
And it was April in Paris when I first held you close to me
Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas and Paris, Tennessee"
Bob Hicks, from Mormon Mecca
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Panhead John- It will be a very cold day indeed before I ever look at anything CNN. Thanks for posting the Timeout link.
But 'Naulins' would very definitely be on the top of my food city bucket list should I decide to make one. In my 82 years of eating, I've never had 'bad' Cajun food. Some better than others, but never any bad.
SnS Kettle
Napoleon 500 Pro gasser grill
Weber Slate 30” griddle
Gozney Arc XL pizza oven
Instant Pot Duo Crisper 8 qt
Cuisinart food processor
Kitchenaid Stand Mixer
Breville Smart toaster oven
Anova Sous vide (Pro version and Standard Version)
Cabella 15” Vacuum Sealer
Combustion Inc Wireless Probes (Gen2 upgrades)
Fireboard v2
Fireboard Spark
Fireboard Pulse (2) probes and S1G antenna
ThermoWorks RFX gateway and 2 RFX meat probes
Thermoworks IR gun
Thermoworks MK4
Thermoworks Zero
Thermoworks Signals
Grill Rescue brush
7 Shun knives (paring to 12" slicer)
Misen Chef's knife
Dalstrong Phantom Series Boning Knife
8-9 other knives (enough to get an eye roll from wife!)
2 Mandolins, 1 veggie spiralizer
Work Sharp E5 sharpener
Chef's Choice sharpener
I was going to say something snarky, but then I asked 10 professional snarkologists what they think about surveys, and they all said....watch Family Feud!
John "JR"
Minnesota/ United States of America
******************************************** Grills/Smokers/Fryers Big Green Egg (Large) X3
Blackstone 36" Outdoor Griddle 4-Burner
Burch Barrel V-1 Karubeque C-60 Kamado Joe Jr. (Black) Lodge L410 Hibachi Pit Barrel Cooker Pit Barrel Cooker 2.0
Pit Barrel PBX
R&V Works FF2-R-ST 4-Gallon Fryer *******************************************. Thermometers
FireBoard (Base Package)
Thermoworks ThermaPen (Red)
Thermoworks MK4 (Orange)
********************************* Accessories Big Green Egg Plate Setter
Benzomatic TS800 High Temp Torch X 2 Bayou Classic 44 qt Stainless Stock Pot
Bayou Classic 35K BTU Burner Eggspander Kit X2 Finex Cat Iron Line FireBoard Drive Lots and Lots of Griswold Cast Iron Grill Grates Joule Water Circulator
KBQ Fire Grate Kick Ash Basket (KAB) X4 Lots of Lodge Cast Iron Husky 6 Drawer BBQ Equipment Cabinet Large Vortex Marlin 1894 .44 Magnum Marquette Castings No. 13 (First Run) Smithey No. 12 Smokeware Chimney Cap X 3 Stargazer No.10, 12 ******************************** Fuel FOGO Priemium Lump Charcoal Kingsford Blue and White B&B Charcoal Apple, Cherry & Oak Log splits for the C-60 ************************************************* Cutlery Buck 119 Special
Cuda 7' Fillet Knife Dexter 12" Brisket Sword Global Shun Wusthof ********** Next Major Purchase Lone Star Grillz 24 X 48 Offset
Hadn’t thought about it, but probably not. Before we did the MeatUp in Louisiana, New Orleans was tossed around along with Lafayette. General consensus was that Lafayette was a little safer choice, along with their own quality of food and activities made it a better choice for “our crowd”.
I am disappointed Fond du Lac did not make it' what with the 3 Macdonalds, 3 Culver's, 2 Taco Bell's a Taco John's, a Burger King & a Popeyes, shoot, all the culinary delights is covered.
Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
Interesting list for sure. Love New Orleans and the food scene there. Kind of surprised that New York, Tokyo, and London didn’t make the list. Lots of new places for me to want to travel to see!
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