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Foods this traveler wants to try.

Spit cake in progress.

Sweets

Lithuanian Spit Cake

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

Pistachio-flavored instant pudding mix gives Watergate Cake a cosmic glow.

Sweets

Watergate Cake

Beneath its "cover-up" of icing, this dessert hides a bunch of nuts.

La Tomatina

Food Festivals

La Tomatina

After the giant food fight is over, fire trucks are needed to hose down the sauce-filled streets.

Pumpple Cake

Sweets

Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.

The King's Ginger

Drinks

The King's Ginger

The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.

Gooey Butter Cake

Sweets

Gooey Butter Cake

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

A beer in full.

Drinks

Tutankhamun Ale

This beer was popular more than 3,000 years ago.

The making of a Fluffernutter.

Prepared Foods

The Fluffernutter

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

Gooey, melted cheese is characteristic of the steamed cheeseburger.

Prepared Foods

Steamed Cheeseburger

For a juicier burger, steam it like a vegetable.

A classic chopped cheese with ground beef, melted cheese, tomato, onion, and lettuce.

Prepared Foods

Chopped Cheese

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

Cornmeal johnnycakes topped with honey.

Prepared Foods

Johnnycakes

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

A Ramos gin fizz from Union Lodge No. 1 in Denver, Colorado.

Drinks

Ramos Gin Fizz

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 

Cheerwine, since 1917.

Drinks

Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

A replica of the original McDonald's fries in the McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum.

Prepared Foods

The Original McDonald's French Fry

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

Taylor ham, a vegetable omelet, and cheese on a kayser roll.

Meats & Animal Products

Pork Roll

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."

Canned, processed cheddar cheese is sold mostly in Jamaica.

Meats & Animal Products

Tastee Cheese

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.

Even spice giant McCormick is in on the steak spice game.

Ingredients & Condiments

Montreal Steak Spice

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

The combination of starchy filler and meat yielded a crispy patty with a soft center.

Prepared Foods

Slugburger

No slugs were harmed in the making of this five-cent sandwich.

This British treat is named after the original Dutch settlers in Manhattan, called Knickerbockers.

Sweets

Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Bean soup has been served in the Senate dining room since time immemorial.

Prepared Foods

Senate Bean Soup

A bland but storied soup is always on the menu in the U.S. Senate.

Blueberry duff.

Prepared Foods

Blueberry Duff

A Canadian pudding that's boiled in a bag and is interchangeably lunch and dessert.

It's breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Prepared Foods

Spaghetti Omelette Sandwich

It's three meals in one!

The molten cheese center cooks the egg and melts the butter.

Prepared Foods

Adjaruli Khachapuri

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

A sausage is cheaper than getting fined for not voting.

Prepared Foods

Democracy Sausage

Come to vote, leave with a sausage.

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