Foods EB Savage Has Tried

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?

At the Big E, fairgoers can try guessing their candy's flavors through funnel cake fluff.

It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.

In medieval Germany, drinkers followed a star to local lager.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

For a juicier burger, steam it like a vegetable.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

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

A bland but storied soup is always on the menu in the U.S. Senate.

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

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

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

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

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.