Prepared Foods
Okonomiyaki
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Meats & Animal Products
This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling.
Prepared Foods
This soggy Southern snack combines cornbread and buttermilk in a single glass.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.
Prepared Foods
Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.
Drinks
Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Drinks
The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.
Drinks
Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
Drinks
These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.
Meats & Animal Products
From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Prepared Foods
Congealed and sliced, the ferric addition is known for its purported health benefits.
Drinks
One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
Fruits & Vegetables
These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Drinks
This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.
Ingredients & Condiments
This pepper's sweet taste and long, slow burn is found in a single town.