Sweets
Black Sesame Sweet Soup
This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.
Ingredients & Condiments
This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
Prepared Foods
Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.
Ingredients & Condiments
Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Meats & Animal Products
From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.
Prepared Foods
This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.
Prepared Foods
Congealed and sliced, the ferric addition is known for its purported health benefits.
Prepared Foods
In Tibet, blood sausage is the byproduct of bloodletting yaks for healing purposes.
Sweets
Take the name of this street treat literally.
Sweets
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
Ingredients & Condiments
This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.
Drinks
It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
Drinks
Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.
Prepared Foods
A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.
Prepared Foods
Say “roll eggs” super fast in Uganda and you'll receive something far tastier than a luxury watch.
Fruits & Vegetables
The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.
Gastro
The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Ingredients & Condiments
This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.
Prepared Foods
A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
Gastro
Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.
Prepared Foods
New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.
Sweets
Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.