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Freelance photographer, holder of season tickets to the University of North Carolina baseball and women's basketball teams, Master of Library Science, civil servant. I like rock music, sweet tea, pedal steel played well, Fuji 1600 ISO film, the Band & the Rolling Stones, vintage dresses, HOKA trail runners, my Chippewa motorcycle boots, old rangefinders and Holgas, North Carolina beaches, pitching and defense, Gunnar Henderson, and chili cheese hotdogs.
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Foods this traveler has tried.

Hoppin' John

Prepared Foods

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Seattle Teriyaki

Prepared Foods

Seattle Teriyaki

This once-ubiquitous fusion dish is fading into obscurity.

Seattle Dog

Prepared Foods

Seattle Dog

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.

Boylan's Birch Beer

Drinks

Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

Livermush

Prepared Foods

Livermush

North Carolina's “poor man’s pâté” is rich in flavor.

Lutefisk

Prepared Foods

Lutefisk

The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.

Delicious vanilla snow cream, made from snow, vanilla extract, and condensed milk.

Sweets

Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

Berger cookies on Berger cookies.

Sweets

Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

Lemon Stick

Sweets

Lemon Stick

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

Behold, fry sauce!

Ingredients & Condiments

Fry Sauce

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Mozartkugel

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Mozartkugel

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

The Christmas Pickle

Gastro

The Christmas Pickle

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Beer Can Chicken

Prepared Foods

Beer Can Chicken

This bird comes with a brew inside.

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