Fruits & Vegetables
Cherimoya
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Drinks
The key to this coffee is fresh milk—preferably straight from the cow.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Drinks
It's delicious, unless a pregnant woman or anyone in a bad mood stirs it.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Drinks
A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.
Prepared Foods
Cow rectum gives Chile's favorite game-day sandwich its addictive flavor.
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Sweets
This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?
Gastro
The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.