In a new series, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema explores the best food cities in the United States and what makes them great.

For the seventh city, he visits New York. When it comes to telling the world about New York, the city’s powerful media are “kingmakers,” says the celebrity chef Mario Batali. As a consequence, ambitious chefs flock to New York from around the world, bringing new ingredients and techniques.

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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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