Ingredients & Condiments
Beach Plum Jelly
This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.
Drinks
The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.
Drinks
Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
Prepared Foods
This savory Southern staple is disappearing.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Drinks
You can have your syrup and drink it, too.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Drinks
A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.
Drinks
Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
The ultimate in nutty brews.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Drinks
Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.
Fruits & Vegetables
The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Prepared Foods
The reddest of the red meat.
Drinks
Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
Meats & Animal Products
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Drinks
This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).
Prepared Foods
Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.