Prepared Foods
Cornish Pasty
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
Drinks
Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.
Sweets
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Drinks
Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.
Prepared Foods
This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.
Sweets
The uniquely Rhode Island treat is a relic from the era of soda fountain pharmacies.
Ingredients & Condiments
This famous Italian honey is now produced only on an Australian island.
Sweets
Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.
Sweets
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Sweets
These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.
Fruits & Vegetables
All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.
Meats & Animal Products
As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.
Ingredients & Condiments
Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
Drinks
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
Prepared Foods
In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.
Fruits & Vegetables
The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
Meats & Animal Products
The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.
Gastro
This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.
Prepared Foods
This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.