Foods Getty Hesse Has Tried

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

The sweet and creamy “eggfruit” makes a great nog.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.