Meats & Animal Products
Louisiana Hog's Head Cheese
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
Fruits & Vegetables
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.
Sweets
This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.
Gastro
The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.
Fruits & Vegetables
On Day of the Dead, garlands of the tiny, apple-flavored fruit serve as offerings to the deceased.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Sweets
Pulling gobs of this handmade taffy yields strong arms and a sweet reward.
Sweets
These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.
Ingredients & Condiments
The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.
Meats & Animal Products
The eggs of "the farty ant" have earned a reputation as the caviar of the desert.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Gastro
Tequila's ancient, fermented cousin is making a comeback in Mexico City.
Sweets
This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Prepared Foods
What look like noodles are actually delicious baby eels.
Meats & Animal Products
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Drinks
Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
Prepared Foods
Grilled or braised, these brains make a tasty taco.
Prepared Foods
Cow eyes make a juicy and gelatinous taco filling.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.