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Foods this traveler has tried.

A batch of traditional balsamic vinegar from Acetaia di Giorgio.

Ingredients & Condiments

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

Tupelo Honey

Ingredients & Condiments

Tupelo Honey

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

Lobster organs can taste extra lobstery.

Meats & Animal Products

Tomalley

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

Boiled fertilized duck egg.

Meats & Animal Products

Balut

In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.

Real mortadella Bologna often contains pistachios.

Meats & Animal Products

Mortadella

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

Caracoles

Meats & Animal Products

Caracoles

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

Canastra Cheese

Meats & Animal Products

Canastra Cheese

This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.

Torta del Casar

Meats & Animal Products

Torta del Casar

In Spain's Extremadura region, local sheep and a touch of thistle make for an ultra-creamy, slightly bitter cheese.

A cheese that comes with its own wine pairing.

Meats & Animal Products

Drunken Cheese

The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.

Are you feeling lucky?

Gastro

Twelve Grapes

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

Bath Spa Water

Drinks

Bath Spa Water

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

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