Foods Grubor Wants to Try

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Mongolia's "shoe sole cake" has the ritual significance of a Christmas tree or family shrine.

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

Slice open this rock-like sea creature and you'll find tomato-red flesh that tastes great in Chilean ceviche.

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.

Inside a hard, yellow shell lies a sweet, black spread.

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Balkan donkey milk.

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

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

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

Hot, fruity, and an integral part of the longest cross-country ski race in the world.

Almost every Newfoundlander has a secret spot for foraging this honey-sweet berry.

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

The briny “asparagus of the sea” grows along coasts around the world.

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.

These sweetened, dyed baobab seeds will leave your tongue red and tingling with flavor.

Bacteria that cause gangrene are the magic ingredient in this cheese-scented loaf.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.