Foods kristenwilloughby Wants to Try

This cocktail is a New York City summertime staple, albeit an illegal one.

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

This spicy, sloppy meat mixture is thinner than chili, thicker than soup, and perfect atop “garbage.”

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.

A tradition built around beef, beer, and the absence of napkins or forks.

Only in Albany do people dip in raspberry sauce.

A dark soda with a dark history.

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

The briny, refreshing ice cream acts as a cooling chaser to spicy meals.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

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