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Another day, another list. This time, it's Anthony Bourdain's "13 Places to Eat Before You Die," which appears in the June issue of Men's Health. Bourdain's article shouts out restaurants and stores across the globe, from New York's smoked fish shrine Russ & Daughters to Spain's gourmand ground zero, elBulli.

Bourdain acknowledges that as "any seasoned traveler can tell you, the 'best' meals on the planet are the result of an ephemeral confluence of circumstances," and makes convincing arguments for each of his picks, which also include Kansas City, Kan.'s Oklahoma Joe's Barbecue, Tokyo's Sukiyabashi Jiro and London's St. John.

But even with the disclaimer and rationale behind Bourdain's choices, plenty are as likely to find fault with his logic (and apparently abundant frequent flier miles) as they are with a list proclaiming, say, the best pizza places in the U.S.

We have the text of the article so you can weigh in on Bourdain's hits -- and misses -- after the jump.

After all the in-season produce and lucious desserts we've seen in this column lately, I thought it was time to feature some good, old-fashioned meat. For some reason, the topic of pastrami comes a lot around my apartment (my boyfriend is something of a fan) and so I searched the Slashfood Flickr pool for some good pastrami pics.

Happily, Vanessa took some amazing pictures of pastrami on rye from Katz's Delicatessen last February during a Thorough Borough Crawl and added them to the pool so that we could feast our eyes on some delicious, meaty goodness. Thanks Vanessa!

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