Ingredients & Condiments
Blue-Green Algae
The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.
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Foods this traveler wants to try.
Ingredients & Condiments
The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Ingredients & Condiments
At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.
Gastro
Mexican and American Indians have a long history with this powerful cactus.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican plant is used as a hallucinogen, medicine, and aphrodisiac.
Gastro
A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
Gastro
One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.
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A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.
Gastro
A bloody good candy bar.
Gastro
What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?
Gastro
Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.
Gastro
Murcians celebrate the end of Lenten fasting by burning a giant papier-mâché sardine.
Gastro
Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.
Meats & Animal Products
This grasshopper snack is crispy like fried chicken.
Meats & Animal Products
Egyptian pigeons are raised in special towers, then stuffed and eaten.
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The rarest oysters come from the bottom of the sea at the end of the earth.
Meats & Animal Products
These Mexican bugs taste like cinnamon and alleviate arthritis pain.
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After dining on this fish, your next course might be 36 hours of hallucinations.
Meats & Animal Products
A prehistoric sea monster sucks blood, then gets cooked in its own.
Meats & Animal Products
In South Korean markets, steamed silkworm pupae make a juicy, nutty snack.
Meats & Animal Products
Catch these fiercely guarded queens for a crunchy, caviar-flavored snack.
Meats & Animal Products
This is Siberia's sashimi, a simple delicacy born in one of the world’s coldest climes.
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No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.
Meats & Animal Products
During Lent in Venezuela, the world's largest rodent becomes a “fish.”