Foods DavidK Has Tried

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Mongolia's "shoe sole cake" has the ritual significance of a Christmas tree or family shrine.

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

The true Mongolian barbecue.

Once a delicacy limited to the wealthy, smoked horse meat sausage is now a centerpiece at many Kazakh feasts.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

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

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.

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

This Denver specialty, a hybrid of Mexican and American cuisine, is peak comfort food.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.