Drinks
Turnip Schnapps
The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
Fruits & Vegetables
The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
Sweets
The first American doughnut chain used spuds.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
This wheat-based coffee alternative has a cult following.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets
This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.
Meats & Animal Products
Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Prepared Foods
Why not fry a year-old leaf?
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Sweets
Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Sweets
This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.
Prepared Foods
These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Sweets
Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.