Foods athanasius Wants to Try

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

This Japanese energy drink contains a controversial bee secretion.

Every March, Central New York shelves are stocked with glass bottles of green dairy.

Cairo airport officials have seized hundreds of pounds of this smuggle-worthy delicacy.

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.

Catholics once circumvented meatless fasts by claiming the semi-aquatic rodent was a fish.

During Lent in Venezuela, the world's largest rodent becomes a “fish.”

In Vietnam, there are multiple ways to enjoy fertilized duck eggs.

In the Australian desert, the roots of the witchetty bush hold a savory treat.

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.

These bottles of Okinawan rice liquor come with a coiled pit viper.

Saison dell'Aragosta is made with tasty Maine lobster.

What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

Japanese pubs serve the delicacy sautéed, braised, or in a cocktail known as “tuna’s tears.”

The toxic pufferfish steals hearts, despite its ability to stop them.

A delicacy in Indonesia, the reptile's meat is a meal and a medicine.

Drinking fresh blood is both sacred and ordinary for the Maasai people.

You'll have a ball with this Latin American specialty.

Catch these fiercely guarded queens for a crunchy, caviar-flavored snack.

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.