Foods athanasius Has Tried

The deceptive, sweet-and-savory snack of Taipei's night markets.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

Flip over these prickly treasures and find creamy, orange meat.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

This is one expensive load of crap.

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.

Soda mixed with milk creates this frosty, creamy drink.

Beneath its serpent-like skin lies pineapple-flavored flesh.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

Some fish can dance.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.