Taste Atlas, an online travel guide, has recently published its list of the Top 100 cuisines worldwide. The list is based on 395,205 (of which 271,819 valid) dish ratings and 115,660 (o/w 80,863 valid) food product ratings from around the World. European and East Asian cuisines dominated the top 5 list, with the Italian cuisine (recommended foods: pizza, pasta and risotto among others) ranking first on a global basis, followed by the Japanese (top recommended food: sushi), Greek (top recommended food: gyros), Portuguese (top recommended food: migas) and Chinese cuisines (top recommended food: jiaozi). 

Twelve Arab countries made it to the list, led by the Lebanese cuisine which ranked 25^th on a global basis. The list recommended trying a host of Lebanese dishes/products such as hummus, falafel, shawarma, fattoush and kibbeh only to name a few. The Lebanese cuisine was followed by three North African cuisines, namely the Algerian (40^th rank globally, top recommended food: couscous), the Moroccan (46^th rank globally, top recommended food: couscous) and the Egyptian (51^st rank globally, top recommended food: kunafa) ones.