Drinks
Makgeolli
South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.
Meats & Animal Products
The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”
Sweets
These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Prepared Foods
Sushi chefs in Toronto are just teasing lovers of actual pizza, but with delicious outcomes.
Sweets
No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Prepared Foods
Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Sweets
These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.
Drinks
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
Meats & Animal Products
This pricey dessert is made from frogs' fallopian tubes.
Ingredients & Condiments
These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.
Prepared Foods
This savory Southern staple is disappearing.
Prepared Foods
The higher you toss this fish salad, the luckier your year will be.
Drinks
Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
Sweets
Take the name of this street treat literally.
Gastro
China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Ingredients & Condiments
This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Ingredients & Condiments
This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.