Earthy, sweet and bold, every bite of boneless thigh lingers long, even with the addition of spring onion curls. Banquets, whether for three or 10, are built around rice.

The Walker Arms in New Milton, a pub in the heart of a town in the New Forest, is available to rent, just a stones throw away from a weekly market.

Hidden along Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, sits a donut shop that locals treasure like a culinary secret they’re reluctant to share with outsiders. Lickin’ Good Donuts doesn’t boast fancy ...