The Saveur 100 for 2008

Saveur magazine’s tenth annual 100 list is a global feast. Collecting everything from markets, chefs, taverns, gadgets and dish after delectable dish, the magazine goes from Kuala Lumpur and Montreal to New Zealand and France and then home again to our own yards and gardens.

Here are some random samplings to whet your appetite for the whole list.

Most Beloved National Pastime: The competition barbecue

Lovely Legumes: Heirloom beans from California’s

Wild at Heart: Euell Gibbons for his visionary championing of “all things edible that do not come in a box.”

Pocket Power: Swiss army knife

He Shoots from the Belly: Les Blank for his documentaries that use “food as a window on life”

Got Cake? Pastel de Cuatro Leches

Whey Good: Whey-fed pork

Sweet Dream: Kecap manis, an Indonesian ingredient of soy sauce that’s been sweetened with palm sugar

Octopus Apotheosis: Bodegón os Concheiros, a tavern in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for its polbo á feira, or simmered octopus

Brain Food: The quarterly publication Gastronomica

Chairman of the Boards: Chinese ironwood cutting boards

A Very Good Year: 2004 White Burgundies

Snarf down the entire list, along with more details, at Saveur.