Food Festivals
Kashan Rose Water Festival
Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Food Festivals
Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.
Sweets
This pollen-based candy comes from the marshes of southern Iraq.
Sweets
Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.
Sweets
Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.
Fruits & Vegetables
A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
Fruits & Vegetables
This creamy, bright pink fruit is known as the "Borneo avocado."
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Meats & Animal Products
These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
Sweets
The cure and cause of a burning tongue.
Sweets
This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.
Prepared Foods
This gooey, starchy gel is Brunei's favorite flavor vehicle.
Prepared Foods
The savory, spiced flavor celebrates one of Singapore’s favorite dishes.
Gastro
This gorgeous sugar art is making a comeback.
Prepared Foods
This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.
Prepared Foods
This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.
Gastro
A town harvest festival with a giant miso soup bowl.
Sweets
Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.
Ingredients & Condiments
An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.
Drinks
Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.
Sweets
When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.
Ingredients & Condiments
This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.
Fruits & Vegetables
This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
Drinks
In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.
Prepared Foods
Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.