Foods andycarlos Has Tried

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

This hearty kelp has been feeding Chileans for at least 14,000 years.

We can thank coconuts for this lesser-known tropical moonshine.

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.

Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

All is fare in the Korean War.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

You can have your syrup and drink it, too.

Soften the chill of Northeastern winters with a spirit distilled from local maple sap.

A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.

A dark soda with a dark history.

These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.