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Foods this traveler wants to try.

Pasilla Mixe

Ingredients & Condiments

Pasilla Mixe

This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.

Tempoyak

Ingredients & Condiments

Tempoyak

Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.

A piece of fallen marula at Kruger National Park.

Fruits & Vegetables

Marula

The intoxicating South African fruit is beloved by humans and elephants.

Lúcuma

Fruits & Vegetables

Lúcuma

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.

The beautiful Brunfelsia grandiflora flower.

Gastro

Chiric Sanango

A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.

Feria del Alfeñique

Gastro

Feria del Alfeñique

The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.

Kaymak atop a quince-based dessert.

Ingredients & Condiments

Kaymak

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

Mangalica

Meats & Animal Products

Mangalica

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

Smoked puffin with blueberry sauce.

Prepared Foods

Smoked Puffin

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.

Scoops of strawberry sit atop pineapple guri guri.

Sweets

Guri Guri

Maui's sherbet-ice cream hybrid is a light, fruity, creamy delight.

Fireweed Jelly

Ingredients & Condiments

Fireweed Jelly

Alaska's wildflowers produce this vibrant jelly.

A bowl of homemade ema datshi.

Prepared Foods

Ema Datshi

Chilies and cheese combine in Bhutan's incredibly spicy specialty.

Finger Lime

Fruits & Vegetables

Finger Lime

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

A popular Oaxacan flavor combination is prickly pear and burnt cream.

Sweets

Prickly Pear Sorbet

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Tejate

Drinks

Tejate

Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.

The signature cups of chai at Sahu.

Drinks

Chai at Sahu Tea Shop

In an unassuming shop in Jaipur, a family has been serving highly addictive chai for decades.

The hairy exterior houses white orbs that taste like a fruit cup.

Fruits & Vegetables

Marang

A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.

Whole, organic iboga root bark.

Gastro

Iboga

The psychedelic root used in a sacred Bwiti ritual may also treat heroin withdrawal.

Kratom tea with powder and whisk in the background.

Gastro

Kratom Tea

This Southeast Asian leaf can wake you up, knock you out, and subdue heroin withdrawal.

A hive in Lamjung, Nepal, likely of bees that can make mad honey.

Gastro

Mad Honey

This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.

Two's a party, three's still a party.

Gastro

Bhang

To celebrate the Holi festival, many Indians raise a glass of cannabis-infused milk.

The peyote cactus is cute as a button.

Gastro

Peyote

Mexican and American Indians have a long history with this powerful cactus.

The prickly toloache fruit, with seeds inside.

Gastro

Toloache

The Mesoamerican plant is used as a hallucinogen, medicine, and aphrodisiac.

Preparing a batch of ayahuasca tea in Ecuador.

Gastro

Ayahuasca

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.

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