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Our 10 Most Common Meals and Journey Tales of 2024


This yr has been a whirlwind for us at SAVEUR, publishing our first two print points as a newly impartial journal within the spring and the autumn (with a number of epic launch events to match), and bringing an unimaginable mixture of recipes, vacation spot guides, and all-around good reads to life. Whether or not it’s the shocking renaissance of the Frigidaire Aptitude range or the must-try dishes when touring to Jamaica (ackee and saltfish, anybody?), we’ve spent the yr up to now sharing a world of unforgettable meals tales.

Annually, we comb via our assortment to see which tales linked with our readers essentially the most, so we will hold writing, enhancing, and photographing the work you like. Learn on for our most-clicked meals and journey tales from 2024.

Rhode Island knifemaker Joyce Kutty and her hand-crafted blades
Rhode Island knifemaker Joyce Kutty and her hand-crafted blades
Left: Courtesy Joyce Kutty • Proper: Murray Corridor

From editor-at-large Shane Mitchell, this look contained in the work of Rhode Island knifemaker Joyce Kutty takes readers out to sea for a contemporary catch. You received’t wish to miss her two fish curry recipes, impressed by her mother and father’ Tamil and Malayali upbringings—or this video of Kutty in motion on the docks and within the kitchen. 

Rice Cakes Guide
Rice Cakes Guide
Photograph: Murray Corridor • Meals Styling: Jessie YuChen

Coming in ninth on our record, this detailed explainer of the myriad varieties of tteok, or Korean rice muffins, from author Jia H. Jung reveals simply how thrilling and diverse the class will be. Some are tender and powdery, some thick and chewy, and a few gentle and crispy—and we’re right here for all of them.

Sonias
Sonias
Destinee Condison

Many vacationers would possibly rush straight to the resort on their journey to Jamaica, however author Vaughn Stafford Grey encourages them to go a bit farther afield. The island nation is stuffed with one-of-a-kind eating places, bars, and roadside stalls guests shouldn’t go away with out sampling—the curried lobster patties at Devon Home Bakery converse for themselves. 

Saveur Plot to plate perennials illo
Saveur Plot to plate perennials illo
Alex Testere

As a part of his gardening column, which debuted in 2024, senior editor Alex Testere shared his suggestions for rising a backyard that by no means stops giving. The important thing, it seems, is edible perennials—akin to rhubarb, sunchokes, and asparagus—which provide a scrumptious return on funding, yr after yr. 

Indigenous winemakers
Indigenous winemakers
Photograph Illustration: Russ Smith • Photographs, clockwise from high left: Courtesy Greywing Wines; Courtesy Nk’Mip Wines, Jacquie Tremblay, Deeper Picture Images; Courtesy Camins2Dreams, Craft and Cluster; Courtesy Meyye Wines

As author Sofia Perez shares in her story, there are comparatively few Indigenous North American winemakers, and that has quite a bit to do with land grabs, compelled relocations, and deeply entrenched stereotypes about Indigenous folks and alcoholism. Get to know a number of of the producers who’re forging a brand new path for themselves—and one another—within the wine enterprise. 

A Cuisine Under Siege
A Cuisine Under Siege
Maggie Schmitt

Author Laila El-Haddad displays on the tragic lack of her members of the family in Gaza to an Israeli airstrike, and her efforts to maintain their reminiscence alive via recipes. For El-Haddad, sumagiyya, a celebratory dish usually ready for a crowd, takes on a brand new symbolic which means.

David Bruce Kawchak, Courtesy Sue Tapia, White Sands Realty

Why did so many individuals have a Frigidaire Aptitude, and the place did all of them go? For books editor Jessica Carbone, the reply lies in a (very energetic) Fb group, the place fanatics of the classic range swap tales, upkeep suggestions, and spare components.

Ropa Vieja
Ropa Vieja
Ruben Cabrera

With greater than 700 eating places to select from, choosing out essentially the most exemplary Cuban dishes in Florida’s seashore mecca is not any simple activity. Fortunately, author Jen Karetnick has you coated with insider spots for the perfect cubano sandwiches, candy plantain ice cream, braised oxtail, and extra. 

Flora Bai
Flora Bai
Flora Bai

As docs and scientists be taught an increasing number of concerning the hyperlinks between our brains and our stomachs, author (and former SAVEUR government editor) Betsy Andrews encourages readers to deal with their intestine microbiome by choosing the proper meals on this installment of her column Intestine Examine. Future you can be grateful. 

Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Cavan Photos/Cavan through Getty Photos

Drumroll please: Our number-one most-read story of 2024 was this roundup of  suggestions for eating out in Iceland’s capital metropolis (full with a Google Maps record it can save you to maintain them obtainable at a look) from author Austa Somvichian-Clausen. Seafood’s on the menu—as is lamb, caviar, cinnamon buns, and a lot extra—and we’re already plotting our journey to the island nation for 2025. 



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