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I'm a librarian living in upstate New York.

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Foods this traveler has tried.

A sausage is cheaper than getting fined for not voting.

Prepared Foods

Democracy Sausage

Come to vote, leave with a sausage.

Do you want some hundreds-and-thousands on your bread?

Sweets

Fairy Bread

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.

A cup of iced oolong with cheese foam and egg floss.

Drinks

Cheese Tea

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

Turkish Coffee

Drinks

Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.

Sweets

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

A breaded scrapple and egg sandwich.

Prepared Foods

Scrapple

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

Mellow Corn Whiskey

Drinks

Mellow Corn Whiskey

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.

Rochester-Style Hot Sauce

Ingredients & Condiments

Rochester-Style Hot Sauce

This spicy, sloppy meat mixture is thinner than chili, thicker than soup, and perfect atop “garbage.”

Cotton Candy Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Prepared Foods

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Even a local sports team pays homage to these white-crusted, savory spuds.

Chocolate Gravy

Ingredients & Condiments

Chocolate Gravy

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

Coffee Crisp

Sweets

Coffee Crisp

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

Soylent

Drinks

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Peppermint Pig

Sweets

Peppermint Pig

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Dole Whip

Sweets

Dole Whip

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Sponge Candy

Sweets

Sponge Candy

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

Cuy being grilled in Ecuador.

Prepared Foods

Cuy

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Tonka beans look a bit like raisins.

Ingredients & Condiments

Tonka Beans

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

Wrapped juanes with plantains, hard-boiled eggs, and olives.

Prepared Foods

Juane

Peru’s leaf-wrapped rice ball might be named after John the Baptist’s decapitated head.

Powdered maca root.

Gastro

Maca

The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.

Chicha Morada

Drinks

Chicha Morada

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Peruvian Cylinder

Gastro

Peruvian Cylinder

An unassuming oil drum houses a three-tiered oven.

A canelazo made with citrus and cloves.

Drinks

Canelazo

A sweet, warm cocktail to chase away the chill of Andean nights.

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