Ingredients & Condiments
Pasilla Mixe
This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Ingredients & Condiments
This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.
Ingredients & Condiments
Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.
Fruits & Vegetables
The intoxicating South African fruit is beloved by humans and elephants.
Fruits & Vegetables
This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.
Gastro
A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.
Gastro
The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.
Ingredients & Condiments
Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.
Meats & Animal Products
These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”
Prepared Foods
This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.
Sweets
Maui's sherbet-ice cream hybrid is a light, fruity, creamy delight.
Ingredients & Condiments
Alaska's wildflowers produce this vibrant jelly.
Prepared Foods
Chilies and cheese combine in Bhutan's incredibly spicy specialty.
Fruits & Vegetables
Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
Sweets
A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.
Drinks
Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.
Drinks
In an unassuming shop in Jaipur, a family has been serving highly addictive chai for decades.
Fruits & Vegetables
A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
Gastro
The psychedelic root used in a sacred Bwiti ritual may also treat heroin withdrawal.
Gastro
This Southeast Asian leaf can wake you up, knock you out, and subdue heroin withdrawal.
Gastro
This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.
Gastro
To celebrate the Holi festival, many Indians raise a glass of cannabis-infused milk.
Gastro
Mexican and American Indians have a long history with this powerful cactus.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican plant is used as a hallucinogen, medicine, and aphrodisiac.
Gastro
One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.