Germany, too, has absorbed the culinary traditions of its neighbours. Bavaria’s meat and dumpling dishes have their counterparts in Austria and Bohemia. Baden, so close to Alsace and Strasbourg, is French-influenced. And the meatball dish, Königsberger Klopse, is one of many fruits of Eastern European immigration. The reunified Berlin can now claim to be Europe’s coolest city, and among its best for food. But even Germany’s most cosmopolitan city feels the rural pull, and every year hosts the country’s biggest agricultural fair, the Grüne Woche. A decade ago, eating out in Germany largely meant French, Italian, Spanish or Chinese. Nowadays, one can experience regional food in all its diversity, whether in the cities or in the restaurants of Germany’s vast countryside. Go investigate.