Sweets
Necco Wafers
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
This beef patty oozes cheese from within.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Gastro
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
Fruits & Vegetables
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets
This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.
Sweets
This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.
Prepared Foods
Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.
Sweets
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Ingredients & Condiments
Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
Drinks
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
Meats & Animal Products
Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.
Meats & Animal Products
This long-extinct pungent delight has made a comeback in Wisconsin.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.