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About Food Journeys of a Lifetime 

• Publisher: National Geographic (October 18, 2022)
• Hardcover: 320 pages

Few experiences are as satisfying as a chance to explore the world through food. Compiled from the expert travel writers at National Geographic, Food Journeys of a Lifetime scours the globe for the world’s best dishes, markets, and restaurants that are worth traveling far and wide to savor.
In this fully revised and updated edition, find the best of the best, including:

• Tokyo’s famed fish market and its 226 Michelin-starred restaurants–the most of any city in the world
• The ultimate Philly cheesesteak from the city of brotherly love
• The perfect cup of tea in China
• The spice markets of Marrakech
• The juiciest cuts of beef in Argentina
• The freshest pasta in Italy
• And the ultimate Swiss wine route

Featuring more than 60 new bites and destinations, this book is the key to building a foodie traveler’s ultimate bucket list. Within the flavors and tastes of every cuisine, you’ll find unique stories about the places, cultures, climates, and chefs that produce these extraordinary dishes. A wide selection of recipes invite you to try new cooking techniques and obtain flavors from abroad at home; top 10 lists offer side trips from chocolate factories to champagne bars.

Filled with a dazzling array of diverse recommendations, each page of this inspiring book will make your mouth water–and spur your next gourmet vacation.

 

MY THOUGHTS:

Books and food together, are the perfect combination.  And since I am a huge fan of both, I knew that I had to get my hands on this newest addition to the National Geographic library.

 

Food brings people together, no matter where you are, who you are, or what you are doing, food has a way to bring cultures around a table.  Some of my fondest memories have been shared during dinner, at favorite restaurants, and in my kitchen.

Now, I'm Portuguese so I know all about food and the important role it plays.  We are all about the food.

I've also visited a few countries, and loved eating new cuisines and trying out different restaurants.  From a hole in the wall delightful little place in Marbella, Spain, to street cafes in Lisbon, Portugal.  Seafood restaurants on the East coast of South Africa, a curry place in Cape town, a food vendor in Bophuthatswana and the best prawns I ever had in Mozambique.

In this new Food Journeys of a Lifetime from National Geographic, you not only get listings of some of the best places to eat in different countries, as well as recipes, specific markets well known to the area and so much more.  It's your guide to a food trip around the world.

Of course, I immediately searched for Portugal and was very happy to find it listed in the book.

I only wish that I had the time or money for a trip around the world, comprised of mainly food spots to try out.  That would be a dream come true.

Thank you TLC Book Tours and National Geographic for providing me with this review copy.