Foods David Plotz Has Tried

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.

It's what you order when you're a Christian pilgrim at the Sea of Galilee.

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.

You eat the shell, too.

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

The original energy bar.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.