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Jessica Leigh Hester

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2017

Current contributing writer, former senior editor at Atlas Obscura. Enthusiastic about ecology, pollution, fossils, 19th-century medicine, whales, and fungi. Reach me at jessicaleighhester.work@gmail.com.
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Foods this traveler has tried.

A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.

Gastro

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.

The french fry fork in action.

Gastro

Nathan’s Famous French Fry Fork

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

A double scoop of orange-flavored tiger tail ice cream striped with black licorice ribbons.

Sweets

Tiger Tail Ice Cream

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

Maine Red Snappers hanging at Bean's Meats.

Prepared Foods

Red Snappers

The reddest of the red meat.

Cherry and blue raspberry lemonade Koolickles.

Prepared Foods

Koolickles

Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!

Cornmeal johnnycakes topped with honey.

Prepared Foods

Johnnycakes

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

Boiled fertilized duck egg.

Meats & Animal Products

Balut

In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.

Spinach leaves topped with bonito flakes.

Meats & Animal Products

Bonito Flakes

Some fish can dance.

A lone umeboshi between chopsticks.

Fruits & Vegetables

Umeboshi

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

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