Fruits & Vegetables
Cotton Candy Grapes
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Prepared Foods
This bird comes with a brew inside.
Gastro
A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.
Sweets
Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Sweets
The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.
Prepared Foods
Bacteria that cause gangrene are the magic ingredient in this cheese-scented loaf.
Prepared Foods
A pork blood stew so rich and velvety, it's known as “chocolate meat.”
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
Prepared Foods
The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Sweets
Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.
Drinks
Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.
Prepared Foods
The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Drinks
Beer meets soda in this refreshing Estonian brew.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Prepared Foods
Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Sweets
Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.
Sweets
The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.