Serious Eats
National Geographic Launches 'Foods of the World' Site; Not Impressed
Want to learn about exotic foods in faraway places on the new National Geographic "Foods of the World" site? You'll probably be disappointed. You would think foodie anthropologists everywhere would swoon over this site, but it's mostly just a shopping site for imported foods. Somehow they make local food from around the world seem homogeneous and impersonal. It takes an incredibly exciting and idiosyncratic subject then turns it into generic corporate mush.