Foods Jeff Hartzog Has Tried

The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.

To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

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

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.

Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.

Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.