Editor’s Note: Sign up for , CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. In news this week: how Japan led the world’s high-speed rail revolution, the couple who rode motorcycles round the world with three rescue dogs – plus we put the spotlight on America’s world-class cuisine.
America’s greatest dishes From Louisiana gumbo to Hawaiian poke to the humble PB&J, the United States is home to many fantastic dishes. Here are CNN Travel’s picks of 20 of the best of them – made it to the table. And it’s not just US cuisine that Americans are winning at.
The Italy-based 50 Top Pizza Awards revealed its 2024 list recently, and the winning restaurant wasn’t in Naples or Rome. Instead, it was a on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Then there’s Virginia woman Jane Satow, who moved to the southern French region of Provence, known for its lavender fields and Mediterranean cuisine, and opened a teaching French people how to make authentic local cuisine.
Connecting the world It’s been 60 years since Japan’s first high-speed Shinkansen bullet train made its debut, inspiring a rail revolution that spread around the world. Now China’s and developing magnetically levitating Maglev trains capable of running at almost 400 mph (640 kph). In Europe, a fresh wave of rail startups promised an exciting new era for night trains, with new routes, cheaper fares or more luxurious accommodation among t.
