Ingredients & Condiments
Fry Sauce
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Prepared Foods
Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.
Prepared Foods
With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Sweets
From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.
Sweets
This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Prepared Foods
This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Meats & Animal Products
The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.
Drinks
Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.
Drinks
A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.