Meats & Animal Products
Chapulines
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Drinks
Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.
Meats & Animal Products
This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling.
Gastro
Tequila's ancient, fermented cousin is making a comeback in Mexico City.
Prepared Foods
In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.
Drinks
This small-batch spirit is distilled from cactus fruit.
Prepared Foods
This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeƱo salsa.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
Sweets
The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Prepared Foods
Come to vote, leave with a sausage.
Gastro
The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Ingredients & Condiments
Curry powder gives this savory seasoning its golden hue.
Drinks
A spirit that toasts a time when proofing your liquor meant setting it aflame.
Fruits & Vegetables
Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Drinks
Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.
Ingredients & Condiments
This pepper's sweet taste and long, slow burn is found in a single town.
Drinks
A roadside diner in Hatch, New Mexico, makes the most of the town's fiery crop.