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Ripe peanut butter fruit growing in the summer.

Fruits & Vegetables

Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

Su filindeu doesn't cook in strands, it cooks in sheets.

Prepared Foods

Threads of God

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Arkansas Black Apple

Fruits & Vegetables

Arkansas Black Apple

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

A jar of mustard pickles.

Ingredients & Condiments

Mustard Pickles

This zippy Newfoundland condiment inspires a deep, burning loyalty.

Miracle berries are native to Western Africa; locals have eaten them for centuries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Miracle Berries

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

This British treat is named after the original Dutch settlers in Manhattan, called Knickerbockers.

Sweets

Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Bean soup has been served in the Senate dining room since time immemorial.

Prepared Foods

Senate Bean Soup

A bland but storied soup is always on the menu in the U.S. Senate.

The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.

Sweets

Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

Berger cookies on Berger cookies.

Sweets

Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

Pawpaw is served.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pawpaw

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

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Homemade Needham's at Captain Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Sweets

Needhams

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

A gravy train becomes a gravy flood.

Prepared Foods

Chow Mein Sandwich

Crispy noodles meet a sea of gravy inside a hamburger bun.

Hanging tomatoes before they're picked.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hanging Tomatoes

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

Snickers salad, drizzled with caramel.

Prepared Foods

Snickers Salad

Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.

Shoofly pie a la mode in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Sweets

Shoofly Pie

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

Have your cake and eat it, too.

Sweets

Atomic Cake

This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.

A basket of finger steaks and fries.

Prepared Foods

Finger Steak

Idaho's fried specialty makes steak a finger food.

One step in the highly codified Japanese tea ceremony.

Gastro

Japanese Tea Ceremony

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

Drinks

Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

With an extra splash of seltzer.

Drinks

Egg Cream

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Smith Island Cake

Prepared Foods

Smith Island Cake

This dessert island is known for its refined layer cakes.

A collard sandwich, with vegan bacon on top.

Prepared Foods

Collard Sandwich

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

A popular Oaxacan flavor combination is prickly pear and burnt cream.

Sweets

Prickly Pear Sorbet

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

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