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efflerruthy

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Writer. Reformed night owl. Some of the things I love: neighborhood wandering, a well-stocked grocery store, international junk foods, street art, hiking, old buildings, world religions, cemeteries, crossword puzzles, writing, talking to strangers, small businesses, and ghost stories.
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Khasi Ko Bhutan

Prepared Foods

Khasi Ko Bhutan

Nepal's autumn festival season means crispy, stir-fried intestines for dinner.

Colombian Hot Dogs

Prepared Foods

Colombian Hot Dogs

You might not even see the meat beneath this pile of potato chips, sauce, and quail eggs.

Chekich come in a variety of sizes and designs.

Gastro

Chekich

These bread stamps create a dazzling array of geometric and floral patterns.

Basi Sweet Potatoes

Sweets

Basi Sweet Potatoes

Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.

Acorn jelly is often seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil, and comes topped with green onions, sesame seeds, and Korean chili flakes (gochugaru).

Prepared Foods

Acorn Jelly

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.

Sweets

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

Faloodeh at Sofreh, in Brooklyn.

Sweets

Faloodeh

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

Budae jjigae often includes Korean rice cakes, called garae-tteok.

Prepared Foods

Budae Jjigae

All is fare in the Korean War.

Eggs, hoisin sauce, chili, cilantro, sesame, crunchy wontons, and peking duck.

Prepared Foods

Jiānbǐng

Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.

Espresso Coffee Soda

Drinks

Espresso Coffee Soda

A dark soda with a dark history.

Mangonada

Sweets

Mangonada

Slurp this sweet and savory summer treat from a tamarind-and-chili-paste-coated straw.

Frutta Martorana

Sweets

Frutta Martorana

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Caffeinated salad—how efficient.

Prepared Foods

Lahpet Thoke

In Myanmar, fermented tea leaves make a tangy, caffeinated salad.

Morkovcha

Prepared Foods

Morkovcha

The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.

Sofkee

Prepared Foods

Sofkee

This Native American sour corn mixture can come as a cool drink or warm porridge.

Piki, thinner than the paper towel its wrapped inside.

Prepared Foods

Piki Bread

This ultra-thin blue corn delicacy is traditionally eaten at Hopi weddings.

Beaver

Meats & Animal Products

Beaver

Catholics once circumvented meatless fasts by claiming the semi-aquatic rodent was a fish.

Switchel is also called haymaker's punch and harvest beer.

Drinks

Switchel

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.

Boston Cooler

Drinks

Boston Cooler

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.

Djon-Djon

Ingredients & Condiments

Djon-Djon

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.

Café Touba

Drinks

Café Touba

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

Financiers

Sweets

Financiers

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

Guberburger

Prepared Foods

Guberburger

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

Chile Cobanero

Ingredients & Condiments

Chile Cobanero

This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.

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