Foods Abi Inman Has Tried

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

A bloody good candy bar.

The plant's fruit, leaves, and bark offer a spice rack of flavors.

This savory-sweet pairing is a classic school lunch.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

French Canadians find “nun’s farts” addictively delicious.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.

This spicy, sloppy meat mixture is thinner than chili, thicker than soup, and perfect atop “garbage.”

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

This decadent schnitzel stuffed with clotted cream is named after the leader of Serbia's fight for independence.

A dark soda with a dark history.