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These Maps of Which Cities Instagram Certain Foods Don't Mean Much, But They're Still Fun

Churros are a hit in Seoul and Singapore; Québécois take lots of photos of poutine.
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Though Gothamist recently decreed a maximum of one Instagram per person, per meal, we all know dining companions who let their dish get cold and congealed while they rearrange plates in pursuit of the perfect shot.

The type of dish, though, varies from city to city. European photo-printing company Photoworld used Instagram’s open application programming interface (API) to analyze 100,000 geo-tagged shots of 18 types of food. The goal: To chart what people are tagging, and where.