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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Cornish Pasty

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Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Ketchup Chips

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Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

San Marzano Tomatoes

Fruits & Vegetables

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Behold, fry sauce!

Ingredients & Condiments

Fry Sauce

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

Benne Wafers

Sweets

Benne Wafers

A crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

Tupelo Honey

Ingredients & Condiments

Tupelo Honey

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

A tea-dance circa 1926.

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Tea Dance

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.

A tray of corn flake–topped casserole.

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Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

Some wassail ready to be sipped.

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Wassail

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

The small shelf allowed you to drink tea without damaging your mustache.

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Mustache Cups

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

Butter Cows

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Butter Cows

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

The Christmas Pickle

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The Christmas Pickle

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Watergate Salad

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Watergate Salad

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

Bristol Milk

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Bristol Milk

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.

Bhutanese Red Rice

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Bhutanese Red Rice

At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.

Green River Soda

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Green River Soda

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Sourdough bread lined up at San Francisco's Boudin Bakery.

Ingredients & Condiments

Sourdough Starter

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

All hail Cel-Ray.

Drinks

Cel-Ray

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

Pineapple-banana-cherry-coconut-flavored Orbitz.

Drinks

Orbitz

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

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Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

Chocolate Daisy

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Chocolate Daisy

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.

Broasted Chicken

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Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Jucy Lucy

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Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

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