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eosstar

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Ruby Chocolate

Sweets

Ruby Chocolate

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

Sea Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

Homemade soup.

Gastro

Black Chicken Soup

In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.

Kamayan

Gastro

Kamayan

These epic Filipino feasts feature lavish spreads and forego utensils.

Pork Floss

Ingredients & Condiments

Pork Floss

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

Fingered citrons symbolize luck, long life, and happiness.

Fruits & Vegetables

Buddha's Hand

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

Peach buns symbolize longevity.

Sweets

Longevity Peach

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

Vibrant jelly flowers fill jelly cakes.

Sweets

3-D Jelly Cakes

These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.

One step in the highly codified Japanese tea ceremony.

Gastro

Japanese Tea Ceremony

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.

Omurice

Prepared Foods

Omurice

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

Wasabi Ice Cream

Sweets

Wasabi Ice Cream

The cure and cause of a burning tongue.

Bitter Melon

Fruits & Vegetables

Bitter Melon

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

Hoshigaki

Fruits & Vegetables

Hoshigaki

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.

A pile of tigernuts.

Drinks

Tigernut Milk

When soaked and blended with water, the tigernut creates a nutritious nondairy beverage.

Absinthe Spoon

Gastro

Absinthe Spoon

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

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Pu'er

Drinks

Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea

Gastro

Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

Steamed Piggy Buns

Sweets

Steamed Piggy Buns

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

Cynar

Drinks

Cynar

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

Cotton Candy Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Cotton Candy Grapes

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

Jucy Lucy

Prepared Foods

Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

Fruit Sando

Sweets

Fruit Sando

Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Fruits & Vegetables

Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

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