The iron stove had a cast-iron warmer on the top, and in that warmer would be pork roasts and pork chops and fried chicken, two gallon pots of butter beans with salt pork, navy beans with ham bone, rattlesnake beans glistening with bacon fat, pans of chicken and dressing, macaroni and cheese, cornbread and cathead biscuits, mounds of mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, skillets of fried green tomatoes.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Frogtown'

In return, travellers can expect to eat beautiful food cooked with ingredients harvested that day from the forest ((can you give an example?)) and to spend time with Hilda in her kitchen learning to cook the El Salvadorian specialty, pupusas (thick corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans and pork).

BBC: El Salvador rises from the ashes

Head inside and join the queue of loyalists patiently waiting to order plates of black beans and rice, stews and pork shoulder, steaming on stainless steel trays.

BBC: In search of Miami��s Cuban sandwich

For a main dish, the duck curry is a wonderful collision of succulent duck leg, crispy fried pork, sweet potato, green beans and pineapple.

BBC: Beyond the vines in Australia��s Barossa Valley

Sip a serious scotch and watch him dab beef ribs and pork chops with his homemade sauce, serving them up along with rice, beans and collard greens to those with the late-night munchies.

BBC: H Street heats up

Cap off a visit with lunch or dinner at this sleek spot, which offers a menu of Mediterranean-inspired dishes such as line-caught Cornish turbot on a ragout of beans and baby courgettes and herb-roasted pork belly.

FORBES: A Luxury Voyage From Singapore To Hong Kong With Crystal Cruises

So we join the rich in beautiful dining rooms, like The Peninsula's Mei Jiang (peninsula.com) where we eat exquisite dim sum - rolled noodles with black beans and chilli, snow pea pastries, roast pork puffs so buttery they're like pig shortcakes - and are treated like pashas.

BBC: Postcard from Bangkok