Foods Lindsay Bloch Has Tried

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

A lone umeboshi between chopsticks.

Fruits & Vegetables

Umeboshi

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

Are you feeling lucky?

Gastro

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Miracle berries are native to Western Africa; locals have eaten them for centuries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Miracle Berries

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

Smen in a Marrakesh souk.

Meats & Animal Products

Smen

This Moroccan butter ferments underground for years and smells like blue cheese.

A pot of boiled nettles means savory greens and earthy tea.

Fruits & Vegetables

Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

In-shell littleneck clams accentuate this clam pie.

Prepared Foods

Clam Apizza

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.