Foods allisonkc Wants to Try

This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.

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

On Day of the Dead, garlands of the tiny, apple-flavored fruit serve as offerings to the deceased.

The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.

These dangling decorations of lemon and chili peppers are meant to ward off a goddess of misfortune.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

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

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

One small Portuguese town celebrates a saint with phallic cakes.

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

Kyrgyzstan’s fried dough marks special occasions and "feeds" the dead.

The Kichwa begin every day with tea and dream interpretation.

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

The birthplace of coffee celebrates community with a sensory feast.