Foods Kate Donovan Has Tried

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

This small-batch spirit is distilled from cactus fruit.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.

Beneath its "cover-up" of icing, this dessert hides a bunch of nuts.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.