Does the U.S. have the best food in the world?
Feb 6, 2010 | 8:42 am
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Of course if we wanted to go the Michelin Star per capita route, the USA would indeed win with the 3200 people in Yountville.....
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/flav...0400000019842/
Feb 6, 2010 | 8:54 am
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Those are some of the best culinary regions in the World, according to my experience.
Feb 6, 2010 | 9:43 pm
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....Of course if we wanted to go the Michelin Star per capita route, the USA would indeed win with the 3200 people in Yountville.....
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/flav...0400000019842/
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/flav...0400000019842/
Now, how is it that molecular gastronomy wasn't invented in the US (where they did invent how to squeeze cheeze through tiny holes under pressure and air dry it before it hit the ground)?
Feb 7, 2010 | 6:03 am
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Of course if we wanted to go the Michelin Star per capita route, the USA would indeed win with the 3200 people in Yountville.....
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/flav...0400000019842/
once ate in a 2* that was about 10km down a single lane mud lane. there was a chateau, a barn, a swim pool and a tennis court. population was 4 or 5. always wondered what would happen if someone was coming from the other direction.
Feb 7, 2010 | 9:00 am
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I think that most of the Michelin restaurants in Belgium are like this. At the end of a single lane road out in the woods.
Feb 7, 2010 | 1:49 pm
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Using the Michelin standard as the only measure to answer this question is, to use a Gastronomical term.... baloney.
Using the Michelin standard as the only measure to answer this question is, to use a Gastronomical term.... baloney.
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Feb 7, 2010 | 6:07 pm
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While I would agree on principle, I think from a standpoint of logistics, that's one of the only ways to do it.
Feb 7, 2010 | 7:42 pm
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There simply isn't an objective way to do it, there's only subjective judgements based on very limited experience which is why people have such radically different views on the topic
Feb 7, 2010 | 7:47 pm
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I agree they don't do every country in the world. But name me a worthy restaurant in Europe or the US that Michelin overlooked? If a restaurant rises to that level, they get the attention of Michelin pretty quickly.
Feb 7, 2010 | 8:18 pm
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Why do you say that? Plenty of people may dismiss the U.S., but this thread has advanced compelling arguments that the U.S. has the best food in the world, or at least it's not a silly question to ask. (And I am not referring to Outback, Olive Garden, and Prego!)
(And by the way, like many people here, I have traveled in and lived in many countries.)
(And by the way, like many people here, I have traveled in and lived in many countries.)
The U.S. has great food, no question. It has breadth and depth. Great french, japanese, chinese, italian, mexican. You name it. It may not be as good as the home country, but it's pretty darn good for the most part!
Feb 7, 2010 | 10:17 pm
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My point is they've basically skipped Asia and the south pacific. The fact that when they went to Japan they only bothered listing 1 star + restaurants and even though they barely scratched the surface in the first edition they gave more "stars" suggests that people who think great food exists only in europe or the US are wearing a monsterous pair of blinkers.
Feb 8, 2010 | 7:43 am
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Feb 8, 2010 | 8:41 am
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