Meats & Animal Products
Louisiana Hog's Head Cheese
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
Gastro
Elaborate bread sculptures grace these edible annual altars in Sicily and Sicilian communities abroad.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Drinks
This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.
Ingredients & Condiments
Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.
Sweets
Arkansas' unofficial state treat doesn't contain marsupials, but it does have several sweet layers.
Meats & Animal Products
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.
Prepared Foods
In Houston, Vietnamese chefs offer a unique take on the “mud bug.”
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Prepared Foods
Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
Prepared Foods
This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.
Sweets
This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.