Foods Findingbalance18 Has Tried

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

No visit to the ruins of Ayutthaya is complete without this candy floss crepe.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

The competing papal and Napoleonic seals on the cookware tell the story of the battle between an emperor and a pope.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

The casserole with a person's name.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

Every March, Central New York shelves are stocked with glass bottles of green dairy.

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.