Prepared Foods
The Horseshoe
The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Drinks
Oklahoma City's signature cocktail calls for a frosty mug, a shot of amaretto, Coors Light, and orange juice.
Drinks
The mellow-buzz brew that once fueled Native Americans is making a comeback.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Drinks
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
Drinks
One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Drinks
The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.
Drinks
A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Sweets
This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.
Drinks
Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.