Foods ieanferdinand Wants to Try

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

Christmas in Northeast Pennsylvania calls for “the Champagne of the Coal Region.”

This dessert island is known for its refined layer cakes.

This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.

Greens and crispy corn bread combine in this North Carolina specialty.

You eat the shell, too.

A buttery Southern specialty inspired by 19th-century seaside cookouts.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.

Bred by members of the Cherokee Nation, this heirloom American squash gets sweeter in storage.

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.

In this tangy treat, no part of the citrus is left behind.

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

A distinctive herb named after a First Lady.

Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.

Both a noun and an action, chili-bombing loads a pizza with tater tots, chili, and Cheez Whiz.