Fruits & Vegetables
American Spicebush
The plant's fruit, leaves, and bark offer a spice rack of flavors.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
The plant's fruit, leaves, and bark offer a spice rack of flavors.
Prepared Foods
This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.
Prepared Foods
A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Sweets
There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Meats & Animal Products
This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling.
Prepared Foods
This bird comes with a brew inside.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once described as a “divine elixir,” this Southern sauce typically gets its spunk from coffee.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Gastro
A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Drinks
Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Prepared Foods
A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Prepared Foods
This savory Southern staple is disappearing.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.