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Pork Roll
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Pork Roll

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
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Chocolate Daisy
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Chocolate Daisy

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.
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Financiers
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Financiers

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
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Strasbourg Hospital Wines
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Strasbourg Hospital Wines

You can still drink riesling and pinot noir from this medieval cellar.
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Absinthe Spoon
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Absinthe Spoon

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
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Cancoillotte
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Cancoillotte

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.
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Rivesaltes
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Rivesaltes

This French fortified wine is left outside for a year, aging amid rain and swinging temperatures.
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Bene’n’hot
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Bene’n’hot

Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.
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Anis de Flavigny
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Anis de Flavigny

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
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Éclade de Moules
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Éclade de Moules

These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.
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Lamprey
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Lamprey

A prehistoric sea monster sucks blood, then gets cooked in its own.
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Chouchen
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Chouchen

Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.
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Api Etoile Apple
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Api Etoile Apple

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.
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Salema Porgy
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Salema Porgy

After dining on this fish, your next course might be 36 hours of hallucinations.
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Timanoix
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Timanoix

Monks and nuns elevate this soft cheese with a wash of walnut liqueur.
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Biscuits Roses de Reims
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Biscuits Roses de Reims

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.
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Green Chartreuse
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Green Chartreuse

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
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Roudoudous
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Roudoudous

These French candies originally came in seashells.
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Croquembouche
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Croquembouche

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.
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Blue Wine
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Blue Wine

Recently introduced to France, it's the color of pool water.
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Cramaillote
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Cramaillote

This jelly is made with dandelions and tastes like honey.
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Floating Island
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Floating Island

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.
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Eisbock
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Eisbock

Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.
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Rauchbier
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Rauchbier

Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
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