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Kevin OKeeffe

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Born in Alabama, 1970. Lived in (primarily Northern) California, 1972-2011. Presently residing in eastern South Dakota.

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Lebanon Bologna

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Lebanon Bologna

There's even a museum dedicated to this preserved meat.

Saskatoon Berry Perogies

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Saskatoon Berry Perogies

When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.

Fasnachts

Sweets

Fasnachts

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.

Boston Cooler

Drinks

Boston Cooler

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

Squid ink gelato, in black.

Sweets

Squid Ink Gelato

A jet-black, vanilla-flavored treat with hints of its marine origin.

Cajeta

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Cajeta

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

Ovenly bakes a modern rendition of blackout cake in Brooklyn and wider New York.

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Brooklyn Blackout Cake

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

In Maine, Allen's Coffee Brandy is more than twice as popular as the next-most popular spirit.

Drinks

Allen's Coffee Brandy

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

Blueberry duff.

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Blueberry Duff

A Canadian pudding that's boiled in a bag and is interchangeably lunch and dessert.

Berger cookies on Berger cookies.

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Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

Behold, fry sauce!

Ingredients & Condiments

Fry Sauce

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

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

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Yule Log Cake

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

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.

A double scoop of orange-flavored tiger tail ice cream striped with black licorice ribbons.

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Tiger Tail Ice Cream

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

Switchel is also called haymaker's punch and harvest beer.

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Switchel

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.

One whole election cake weighed more than 70 pounds.

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Hartford Election Cake

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

Pistachio-flavored instant pudding mix gives Watergate Cake a cosmic glow.

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Watergate Cake

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

Shoofly pie a la mode in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Shoofly Pie

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

Stuffed birds aren't just for Thanksgiving.

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Hmong Stuffed Chicken Wings

Next-level egg rolls are wrapped in an entire chicken wing.

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

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Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

A hot ale flip in New York City.

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Hot Ale Flip

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.

Most Texas sheet cakes come topped with pecans.

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Texas Sheet Cake

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

A handful of olosapo.

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Olosapo

In Central America, custard grows on trees.

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