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Colorful Consumables

A refreshing glass of tarkhun, with Korean carrots and kuksu soup.

Tarkhuna

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

Soor Plooms

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

A popular Oaxacan flavor combination is prickly pear and burnt cream.

Prickly Pear Sorbet

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Cassata Siciliana

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

Pandan and mung bean topped with coconut cream.

Leum Kleun

A treat so smooth, its name means “I forgot I swallowed.”

Dulse and Yellowman

An unlikely pairing of honeycomb toffee and purple seaweed.

<em>Kagami mochi</em> with a traditional orange on top.

The Los Angeles Bakery Keeping Mochi in Temples and Traditions

Brian Kito wants to protect mochi’s status as more than a standard sweet.

Richard Foss March 23, 2018

Kissel often appears in drink form; here, with spices such as cinnamon and star anise.

Kissel

The dessert that's also a meal.

Lapis Legit

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

Chicha Morada

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

A bisected gấc fruit.

Gấc

This lucky fruit tastes best in rice.

Ashure is a sweet treat with a long history.

Pudding of Noah

The first thing eaten off the Ark.

Kanji

This fermented purple carrot elixir practically makes itself.

Ortiguillas de mar, with sea salt.

Fried Sea Anemone

On the Andalusian coast, once-deadly tentacles become crispy delicacies.

Slightly Fires the Emperor recipe by Jowett Yu.

7 Wonderfully Bizarre Illustrations From a New Chinese Cookbook

Interpreting red bean ice cream, General Tso’s Gator, and pao cai as art.

Mithila Phadke February 7, 2018

The inside of hala fruits contain vibrant colors and sweet nectar.

6 Fruits With Surprising Flavors

Why settle for a banana when you could be tasting lemon meringue pie?

The Gastro Obscura Team February 1, 2018

Double scooperman.

Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.