It's the "City That Care Forgot, " a city of jazz, of the nation's best indigenous cuisine, of excess, of riverboats and gardens and wrought iron railings, unique in every way, from the food to the architecture to the history.

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That recipe, adds Cracco, is a good example of how the best modern Italian cuisine has been influenced by Japan.

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Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, best known for his elegant yet healthy cuisine, went home with the award for best chef.

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Mediterranean cuisine mixed with the best of the Ottoman and Byzantine kitchens.

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Not new, not part of the chic Euro wave, but Turkish cuisine at its absolute best is HUNKAR, in Nisantasi.

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For Ms Ferguson, Marcel Proust best embodies the idea of French cuisine as art because he could conjure a whole world out of a cup of tea.

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The best hope for the future of Chinese cuisine seems to be a return to the cradle.

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While food-wise Kentucky is best known for being the home of KFC, Louisville's cuisine goes beyond 11-herbs-and-spices fare.

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