Ingredients & Condiments
Lobster Mushroom
This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.
Ingredients & Condiments
A key step in the Andean technique of freeze-drying potatoes is stomping on them.
Gastro
The Colombian government declared war on this once-ubiquitous drink.
Prepared Foods
This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.
Drinks
Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight.
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Meats & Animal Products
It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.
Drinks
When soaked and blended with water, the tigernut creates a nutritious nondairy beverage.
Prepared Foods
The Aussie street food meal of meat pie on a sea of peas.
Gastro
Remembering a time when designated celery vases were prized centerpieces.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Ingredients & Condiments
The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.
Gastro
The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Sweets
A sundae with a surprising mix of flavors that reflect Filipino history.
Drinks
It's delicious, unless a pregnant woman or anyone in a bad mood stirs it.
Sweets
Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.
Meats & Animal Products
It's what you order when you're a Christian pilgrim at the Sea of Galilee.
Sweets
This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.
Prepared Foods
The seaweed tops toasts and enriches oatcakes in traditional Welsh breakfasts.
Ingredients & Condiments
In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.
Prepared Foods
To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Prepared Foods
The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.
Drinks
The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.