Sweets
Candied Hawthorn
To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.
Drinks
Caribbean tree bark gives this drink its bittersweet flavor.
Ingredients & Condiments
The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.
Prepared Foods
In the Congo, the cassava plant is also treasured for its leaves.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Drinks
These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.
Fruits & Vegetables
These tightly coiled ferns also serve as a Māori symbol for unity.
Prepared Foods
Making this sausage of meat, tripe, and blood is its own festive occasion in Kenya.
Sweets
Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.
Drinks
This fizzy, tropical drink has ancient roots in Mexico.
Fruits & Vegetables
This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.
Prepared Foods
A pork blood stew so rich and velvety, it's known as “chocolate meat.”
Drinks
Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.
Gastro
These epic Filipino feasts feature lavish spreads and forego utensils.
Prepared Foods
Cow eyes make a juicy and gelatinous taco filling.
Meats & Animal Products
Touted as the original energy bar, the bison-based mixture kept for months.
Meats & Animal Products
This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
Drinks
This grain-free beer was all but forgotten until folk festivals sparked a revival in Kurpie, Poland.
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Prepared Foods
Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.