Drinks
Russian Tea
This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.
Prepared Foods
Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Sweets
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Gastro
For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.
Sweets
Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.
Food Festivals
Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.
Drinks
This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.
Sweets
Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.
Prepared Foods
This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Ingredients & Condiments
This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Sweets
A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.
Fruits & Vegetables
This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
Drinks
Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.
Sweets
Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Prepared Foods
These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.
Sweets
At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.