During the last 10 years, the Danish capital Copenhagen has been gradually taken over by sushi restaurants. Today you see them everywhere, almost as ubiquitous as shawarma or pizza take away joints.

Though we may not all plan our vacations around high temples of gastronomy, that doesn't mean we shouldn't steer clear of bland hotel fare, tourist-trap cafés, or worse, homogenous fast food.

When you buy tomatoes at the local Publix, Ahold, Kroger, or Walmart, you become the last link in a chain that is attached to shackles in south Florida.

For anyone coming to France for her gastronomic pleasures, to savor of her culinary treats, a side trip to Lyons is definitely in order! As the French know, Lyons is most decidedly the gastronomic capital of this most gastronomic country!

Holly A. Heyser for the Atlantic