Foods difreda Has Tried

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.

The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

This wheat-based coffee alternative has a cult following.

Once described as a “divine elixir,” this Southern sauce typically gets its spunk from coffee.

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.

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

The dessert that's also a meal.

Some fish can dance.

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

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

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Christmas in Northeast Pennsylvania calls for “the Champagne of the Coal Region.”

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.

Once an important Silk Road stop, a fortified Uzbek city specializes in bright green noodles.

This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

You eat the shell, too.