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Foods this traveler has tried.

A hot ale flip in New York City.

Drinks

Hot Ale Flip

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.

Delicious vanilla snow cream, made from snow, vanilla extract, and condensed milk.

Sweets

Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

Smith Island Cake

Prepared Foods

Smith Island Cake

This dessert island is known for its refined layer cakes.

Cincinnati Chili

Prepared Foods

Cincinnati Chili

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

Boiled Green Peanuts

Prepared Foods

Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Benne Wafers

Sweets

Benne Wafers

A crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

A breaded scrapple and egg sandwich.

Prepared Foods

Scrapple

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

Boston Baked Beans

Sweets

Boston Baked Beans

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

No pig pickin' is complete without a pig pickin' cake.

Sweets

Pig Pickin' Cake

The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.

Crumble-In

Prepared Foods

Crumble-In

This soggy Southern snack combines cornbread and buttermilk in a single glass.

Beer Can Chicken

Prepared Foods

Beer Can Chicken

This bird comes with a brew inside.

Red-Eye Gravy

Ingredients & Condiments

Red-Eye Gravy

Once described as a “divine elixir,” this Southern sauce typically gets its spunk from coffee.

Boilo

Drinks

Boilo

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

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Coca-Cola and Peanuts

Drinks

Coca-Cola and Peanuts

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

Steam Beer

Drinks

Steam Beer

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

Jucy Lucy

Prepared Foods

Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

Fried Chicken Gizzards

Prepared Foods

Fried Chicken Gizzards

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

Many breweries have fresh hops lying around during the season. Here, a drinker garnished her fresh hope ale with a cone.

Drinks

Fresh Hop Beer

These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.

Peanut Butter & Mayonnaise Sandwich

Prepared Foods

Peanut Butter & Mayonnaise Sandwich

Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.

Trump Sandwich

Prepared Foods

Trump Sandwich

In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, political satire entered the local deli.

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Gastro

Feast of the Seven Fishes

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.

Gold-capped for less hot, red-capped for spicy-hot.

Drinks

Blenheim Ginger Ale

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

Smearcase

Sweets

Smearcase

A few Baltimore bakeries still serve this cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese.

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