Prepared Foods
Canned Bread
A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Prepared Foods
A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
Prepared Foods
Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.
Sweets
French Canadians find “nun’s farts” addictively delicious.
Sweets
Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.
Fruits & Vegetables
A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
Sweets
Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.
Gastro
This Galician punch is set aflame to ward off evil spirits.
Sweets
These beloved New Zealand cookies have a mysterious past.
Sweets
A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.
Meats & Animal Products
The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.
Prepared Foods
Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
Prepared Foods
A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.
Prepared Foods
To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight.
Ingredients & Condiments
Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.
Prepared Foods
Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.
Sweets
Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.
Drinks
The New Orleans cocktail is part pick-me-up, part pyrotechnics show.
Sweets
This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Sweets
The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Gastro
This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.