Luke Thomas

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

I'm a software developer at Atlas Obscura. My first Atlas Obscura experience was coming face to face with the skeleton of man who died of gigantism, which is housed in a glass coffin in an otherwise unassuming stairwell of the Yale Medical Library, leading down to the Cushing Brain Collection. I heartily recommend you do the same. Next time you pass through New Haven, make your way to the library and politely ask to view the collection. They'll swipe you in!

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Foods Luke Thomas Wants to Try

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Turnip Schnapps

Drinks

Turnip Schnapps

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

The traditional serving

Prepared Foods

Nokia Kuuma Koira

A Finnish city specializes in sausages housed in sugar-dusted doughnuts.

Potato Doughnuts

Sweets

Potato Doughnuts

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

Chestnut Beer

Drinks

Chestnut Beer

The ultimate in nutty brews.

Tongba

Drinks

Tongba

Every mug of Nepalese millet beer is basically bottomless.

Lindisfarne Mead

Drinks

Lindisfarne Mead

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

Chapulines

Meats & Animal Products

Chapulines

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.

Some mozzarella "logs" for dipping in melba.

Prepared Foods

Mozzarella Sticks with Melba Sauce

Only in Albany do people dip in raspberry sauce.

Chicha Morada

Drinks

Chicha Morada

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Fermented horse milk is called airag in Mongolia.

Drinks

Kumis

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.

Clarified milk punch made from Hennessy, plum liqueur, hazelnut liqueur, sherry, orgeat, lemon, orange, poppy, cinnamon, vanilla, and coffee.

Drinks

Clarified Milk Punch

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.

A spinning, circular basin of nagashi somen.

Prepared Foods

Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.