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Britta Shoot

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2017

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Foods this traveler wants to try.

Mavrud Wine

Drinks

Mavrud Wine

This ruby, tannic style is little-known outside its native Bulgaria.

Yes, the glass on the right has eight layers.

Drinks

Seven-Color Tea

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.

Shivit Oshi

Prepared Foods

Shivit Oshi

Once an important Silk Road stop, a fortified Uzbek city specializes in bright green noodles.

Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

Prepared Foods

Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

This savory-sweet pairing is a classic school lunch.

Stroopwafel Liqueur

Drinks

Stroopwafel Liqueur

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

Melktert

Sweets

Melktert

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.

Delicious vanilla snow cream, made from snow, vanilla extract, and condensed milk.

Sweets

Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

Feni

Drinks

Feni

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.

Coffee Jelly

Prepared Foods

Coffee Jelly

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

Fingered citrons symbolize luck, long life, and happiness.

Fruits & Vegetables

Buddha's Hand

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

The Verbena cocktail at the Chandelier Bar at The Cosmopolitan.

Ingredients & Condiments

Szechuan Button

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.

Vibrant jelly flowers fill jelly cakes.

Sweets

3-D Jelly Cakes

These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.

Sea Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Fruits & Vegetables

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

Finger Lime

Fruits & Vegetables

Finger Lime

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

Blackberry Jam Fruit

Fruits & Vegetables

Blackberry Jam Fruit

Inside a hard, yellow shell lies a sweet, black spread.

Ortiguillas de mar, with sea salt.

Prepared Foods

Fried Sea Anemone

On the Andalusian coast, once-deadly tentacles become crispy delicacies.

Tibetan tea is made with tea, yak butter, and salt.

Drinks

Yak Butter Tea

It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.

Green Chile Wine

Drinks

Green Chile Wine

In Southern New Mexico, chiles add a kick to everything, including vino.

Boston Cooler

Drinks

Boston Cooler

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.

Are you feeling lucky?

Gastro

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Gooseneck barnacles are called "percebes" in Spanish.

Meats & Animal Products

Gooseneck Barnacles

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.

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