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Why isn鈥檛 African cuisine getting more international recognition?

Only three African countries were listed amongst the world's top 50 cuisines

Today we鈥檙e revisiting an episode from a few months ago which seemed to really resonate with people.
Alan was reporting on an article which ranked the countries with the best cuisine in the world.
Taste Atlas, who describe themselves as a 鈥樷檞orld atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, and authentic restaurants鈥 caused quite a stir online when they published their 2022 list.
A lot of people weren鈥檛 happy because Algeria, South Africa and Tunisia were the only three African countries to make it to the top 50.
Taste Atlas say rankings are based on audience votes for ingredients, dishes and beverages.
Italy, Greece, Spain, Japan and India were the top five countries on the list.
This episode looked at what鈥檚 stopping a wider range of African cuisine from getting international recognition.
As you鈥檒l hear at the beginning of the episode, it got a lot of people talking and sharing their tips for the best dishes on the continent.

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