Foods jig2b Has Tried

This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."

The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

They grow in boxes and can cost more than $100.

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

Relatively unknown outside South America, the tart, tomato-like fruit makes beloved juices and cocktails.

Devour this rare variety without fear of post-pineapple mouth irritation.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

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

This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.

Come to vote, leave with a sausage.

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.