Foods Ella Morton Has Tried

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

French Canadians find “nun’s farts” addictively delicious.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

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

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

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

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.

Some fish can dance.

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

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

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

The Aussie street food meal of meat pie on a sea of peas.