Foods lizzieboldt Has Tried

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

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

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

Catholics once circumvented meatless fasts by claiming the semi-aquatic rodent was a fish.

Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.