Cuisine

Greek cuisine has been named the world’s best cuisine in the Taste Atlas awards for 2024-2025, beating out favorites such as Italy and France.

According to Taste Atlas, Greek cuisine has the highest ratings from users in: Netherlands, Germany, Spain, USA, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, France, Canada, Turkey.

The Greek dishes with the highest ratings in Taste Atlas

Last weekend was a gastronomic weekend for the lucky ones who made their way to Maçakızı in Bodrum, a very special boutique hotel famous for its heavenly atmosphere submerged in nature cascading toward the sea on a hillside. The hotel is named after Ayla Emiroğlu, who is affectionately known as Maçakızı, meaning 'Queen of Spades' in Turkish.

Savaş Zafer is one of those chefs who embrace the cuisine of the land he lives in, acknowledges the value of its ingredients and, in short, revives our hopes for the new generation.

It was one of those moments that one regrets not having met a person in life when I saw the post of Hélène Pietrini, managing director of La Liste, the famed restaurant grading system. She was declaring that we had lost chef Michel Guérard at the age of 91, the last living legend of French gastronomy.

All 81 provinces of Türkiye, along with its overseas representations, are set to host a week-long series of programs spotlighting the unique dishes and local ingredients of Turkish gastronomy.

The Athens Street Food Festival transforms the historic Old OSY Bus Depot (Pireos & Ermou) in Gazi into a culinary paradise for three weekends this month. Since 2016, it's been the country's largest foodie event, reshaping the local gastronomy scene and setting street food trends.

Türkiye's southeastern province of Gaziantep, which has recently ranked ninth among the world's best gastronomy cities as chosen by a world-renowned rating company, continues promoting its dishes internationally.

Lassithi’s cuisine is defined primarily by its home-grown vegetables

Years ago Burek Olimpija was a typical Ljubljana fast food joint known mostly to locals as purveyors of delicious burek, a typical Balkan savoury pastry. In recent years, however, it has harnessed social media to such an effect that it has been declared the brand of the year at the country's largest advertising festival, a prize typically reserved for large corporate brands.

Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free versions of Japanese classics like fried chicken and juicy dumplings.

While millions of visitors have happily savored Japan's fish- and meat-heavy cuisine, options for vegetarians and vegans are harder to find.