Foods Blake Olmstead Has Tried

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.

Northeast Indian markets sell this glittery, sour fruit in bags with salt chasers.

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

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

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

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