The first lesson can already be drawn from the 51-to-100 list of "World's 50 Best Restaurants" for 2024: despite several of its flagship fine-dining establishments falling down the list, Europe clearly stands out as a hotbed of gastronomy
Spanish, Italian, Greek, Provençal: in the land of butter and cream, olive oil is all the rage! Buoyed by the wave of the Mediterranean diet, demand has soared in recent years. But production is threatened by drought in Spain, the world's leading producer.