Prepared Foods
Deep-Fried Peanuts
You eat the shell, too.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
You eat the shell, too.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Drinks
A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.
Prepared Foods
This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Prepared Foods
This bacon-and-oyster omelet was a status symbol during the California Gold Rush.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Drinks
Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.
Gastro
Tequila's ancient, fermented cousin is making a comeback in Mexico City.
Drinks
The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.
Fruits & Vegetables
Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.
Drinks
A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.
Prepared Foods
The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.
Prepared Foods
Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
Prepared Foods
This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.
Prepared Foods
This once-ubiquitous fusion dish is fading into obscurity.
Prepared Foods
Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.