Foods aember Has Tried

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

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

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

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

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

Who said vineyards have to grow grapes?

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Meet Japan's first milk soda.

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