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Hoppin' John
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Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
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Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.
Hriatô
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Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
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Christmas Cake and Cheese
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Christmas Cake and Cheese

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.
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Castagne del Prete
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Castagne del Prete

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
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Puebla, Mexico

La Pasita

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.
Pasita
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Pasita

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.
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Lemon Stick
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Lemon Stick

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.
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Hartshorn
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Hartshorn

Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
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Feast of the Seven Fishes

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.
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İşkembe Çorbası
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İşkembe Çorbası

In Turkey, drinkers head off hangovers with creamy tripe soup.
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Springerle
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Springerle

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.
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Pee-Pee Boy
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Pee-Pee Boy

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.
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Matcha Chasen
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Matcha Chasen

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
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Corn Knives
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Corn Knives

Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.
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Monkey Buffet Festival
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Monkey Buffet Festival

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.
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Butter Molds
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Butter Molds

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
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Joe Froggers
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Joe Froggers

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.
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New York, New York

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
Tinder Fungus
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Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”
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Bene’n’hot
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Bene’n’hot

Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.
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New Orleans, Louisiana

Kitchen Witch Cookbooks

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.
Guksi
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Guksi

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.
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New York, New York

Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.