Foods EB Savage Has Tried

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

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

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

Some fish can dance.

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.

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

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.

This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?