Greece
Traveling and eating in Greece feels like a glossy magazine spread come to life, but without the Photoshopping. Like the blue seas and white buildings, the kalamata olives, feta cheese, the colorful salads and roast meats are all postcard perfect by default.The secret? Lashings of glistening olive oil. Gift of the gods, olive oil is arguably Greece's greatest export, influencing the way people around the world think about food and nutritional health. Eating in Greece is also a way of consuming history. A bite of dolma or a slurp of lentil soup gives a small taste of life in ancient Greece, when they were invented.YumOlive oil -- drizzled on other food, or soaked up by bread, is almost as varied as wine in its flavors.Spanakopita -- makes spinach palatable with its feta cheese mixture and flaky pastry cover.Gyros -- late-night drunk eating wouldn't be the same without the pita bread sandwich of roast meat and tzatziki.DumbLachanorizo -- basically cabbage and onion cooked to death then mixed with rice. Filling, but one-dimensional.
Thailand
Mexico
If you were only allowed to eat the food of one country the rest of your life, it would be smart to make it Mexico. The cuisine of the Mesoamerican country has a little bit of everything -- you'll never get bored.Amongst the enchiladas and the tacos and the helados and the quesadillas you'll find the zestiness of Greek salads and the richness of an Indian curry; the heat of Thai food and the use-your-hands snackiness of tapas. It is also central station for nutritional superfoods. All that avocado, tomato, lime and garlic with beans and chocolates and chilies to boot, is rich with antioxidants and good healthful things. It doesn't taste healthy though. It tastes like a fiesta in your mouth.YumMole -- ancient sauce made of chili peppers, spices, chocolate and magic incantations.Tacos al pastor -- the spit-roast pork taco, a blend of the pre- and post-Colombian.Tamales -- an ancient Mayan food of masa cooked in a leaf wrapping.DumbTostadas -- basically the same as a taco or burrito but served in a crispy fried tortilla which breaks into pieces as soon as you bite into it. Impossible to eat.
United States
This may be because most of the popular foods in the USA originate in some other country. The pizza slice is Italian. Fries are Belgium or Dutch. Hamburgers and frankfurters? Likely German. But in the kitchens of the United States, they have been improved and added to, to become global icons for food lovers everywhere.
All overly processed foods such as Twinkies, Hostess cakes and KFC.