“Who Has the Best Food?” by Zvi

It is a fun question going around the internet this past week, so here we go.

In particular, people focused on the question of France vs. America. As one would expect, those on the French side think those on the American side are crazy, it is insulting to even consider this a question. Those on the American side like food.

All of this is always just, like, your opinion, man, or at least that’s the story.

Checking the Survey Data

YouGov asked back in 2019, got the following answers across nations, which we were reminded of during current debate on Twitter of American versus French food.

I will quibble, but I was impressed how good this list was for nationally identified cuisine, as opposed to in-country experience.

Where do I see obvious mistakes, ignoring the unfamiliar ones?

Everyone is underrating Brazilian because meat [...]

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Outline:

(00:28) Checking the Survey Data

(03:07) Genius in France

(05:32) I Thought This Was America

(10:46) The Upgrade

(14:31) Conclusion

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First published:
September 5th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/D5urD7WmDePyii73D/who-has-the-best-food

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