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Food AS Medicine

Boilo

Christmas in Northeast Pennsylvania calls for “the Champagne of the Coal Region.”

Gyeondyo-Bar

South Korea's grapefruit-flavored ice cream bar promises to help your hangover.

Salt Licorice Ice Cream

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

Bitter Melon

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

Peach rakija.

Rakija

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Bakeapple

Almost every Newfoundlander has a secret spot for foraging this honey-sweet berry.

Tacacá

This Brazilian soup might make your mouth numb.

Snake Soup

During Hong Kong winters, crowds flock to small diners with serpents in their cupboards.

Black Garlic

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

A collection of berries.

Hackberry

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.

Pig's Feet and Ginger Stew

The sweet and sour Cantonese meal restores new mothers after giving birth.

Alkermes

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

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

Tarkhuna

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

Terva Leijona

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

Staraya Russa Salt

Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.

Chili Wood

Add a splinter of this vine to your meal for a tongue-numbing kick.

Snake Wine

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.

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

Kissel

The dessert that's also a meal.