Fruits & Vegetables
Glass Gem Corn
This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.
Prepared Foods
A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.
Gastro
The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.
Prepared Foods
Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.
Prepared Foods
Tiết canh is a sour, cool, and gelatinous breakfast.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Prepared Foods
Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Fruits & Vegetables
These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Prepared Foods
This tropical fruit once sparked a famous mutiny and now serves as a starch alternative in potato salad.
Gastro
This grill defined a new breed of pirates.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Drinks
This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.
Prepared Foods
The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.
Gastro
A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Gastro
Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.
Prepared Foods
A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
Sweets
In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Gastro
Preparing a traditional Māori feast requires a rock pit heated by fire or hot springs.
Ingredients & Condiments
A distinctive herb named after a First Lady.