Prepared Foods
Ham Salad
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Prepared Foods
Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Gastro
Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Gastro
In small towns across the state, an Easter tradition becomes a competitive sport.
Ingredients & Condiments
Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.
Prepared Foods
Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
Prepared Foods
These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.
Drinks
This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.
Sweets
In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Drinks
Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Sweets
The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.
Ingredients & Condiments
This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Sweets
Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.
Prepared Foods
With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.