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Brett Iredell

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Formerly a bartender from Washington, DC, now a wildland firefighter in the American Southwest.

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

Lobster organs can taste extra lobstery.

Meats & Animal Products

Tomalley

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

Spicy-sour noodles plus a packet of tamarind sauce equals a delightful snack.

Sweets

Salsagheti

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

Pasilla Mixe

Ingredients & Condiments

Pasilla Mixe

This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.

Real Wasabi

Ingredients & Condiments

Real Wasabi

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Boiled Green Peanuts

Prepared Foods

Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Dill Pickle Pizza

Prepared Foods

Dill Pickle Pizza

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

A classic chopped cheese with ground beef, melted cheese, tomato, onion, and lettuce.

Prepared Foods

Chopped Cheese

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

A butterfly pea cocktail.

Ingredients & Condiments

Butterfly Pea Flower

With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.

Chocolate Daisy

Ingredients & Condiments

Chocolate Daisy

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.

White Kiawe Honey

Ingredients & Condiments

White Kiawe Honey

This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Tonka beans look a bit like raisins.

Ingredients & Condiments

Tonka Beans

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

Nakládaný hermelín, after marinating in onions and spices.

Meats & Animal Products

Nakládaný Hermelín

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

Kofola

Drinks

Kofola

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Sturm

Drinks

Sturm

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

Buchteln

Sweets

Buchteln

These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.

Chimney Cake

Sweets

Chimney Cake

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Salzburger Nockerl

Sweets

Salzburger Nockerl

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

Mozartkugel

Sweets

Mozartkugel

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

Inside a bottle, far away from your taste buds, Malört seems like any other drink.

Drinks

Jeppson's Malört

One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.

Chumuth

Prepared Foods

Chumuth

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.

A beachside bounty from a clambake.

Gastro

Clambake

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Prepared Foods

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Californian BBQ involves red oak, sirloin, and special grills.

Kava

Sweets

Kava

The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.

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