Foods Kate Donovan Has Tried

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

The South Side favorite is a cross between a meat-lover's sub and a gyro.

One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.

Oklahoma City's signature cocktail calls for a frosty mug, a shot of amaretto, Coors Light, and orange juice.

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

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

Slurp this sweet and savory summer treat from a tamarind-and-chili-paste-coated straw.

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

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

The gummies are taking over Utah.

This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.