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Figuring out which restaurants to hit—and which to skip—is a top priority for food-obsessed travelers. F&W has eliminated the guesswork, choosing 332 outstanding places to eat (the scoop on 34 of them can be found online only) in 40 cities around the world, from a pizza-and-jazz hangout in Sydney to a superstar Chinese chef's glorious new restaurant in Beijing.

Plus: Eight essential guides to the best places to eat worldwide.

Contributors Brett Anderson, Gabriel Bialystocki, Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, Joanna Blythman, Nikki Buchanan, Erin Byers Murray, Ondine Cohane, Bruce Dawson, Guy Griffin, Lesa Griffith, Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, Graham Holliday, Brad Johnson, David Kaufman, A.J. Kinik, Diane Kochilas, John Lethlean, David Lida, Jen Lin-Liu, Rhonda May, Marisa Mazria-Katz, Connie McCabe, Jan Newberry, Victoria Pesce Elliott, Yukari Pratt, Amy Rosen, Jean-Pierre Rossouw, Sonal Shah, Ramsay Short, Heather Shouse, Jane Sigal, Anya von Bremzen, Jeremy Wayne and Stephen Whitlock