Prepared Foods
Deep-Fried Peanuts
You eat the shell, too.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
You eat the shell, too.
Sweets
Slurp this sweet and savory summer treat from a tamarind-and-chili-paste-coated straw.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Prepared Foods
This stick-to-your-ribs Scandinavian dumpling is a favorite at Midwestern fundraisers.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Prepared Foods
This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Prepared Foods
This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Prepared Foods
Californian BBQ involves red oak, sirloin, and special grills.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Sweets
This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?
Prepared Foods
A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.