Prepared Foods
Maultaschen
Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.
Prepared Foods
This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
Drinks
Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.
Sweets
One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.
Prepared Foods
Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Prepared Foods
The reddest of the red meat.
Drinks
Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
Gastro
They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Prepared Foods
Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
Sweets
These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.
Prepared Foods
North Carolina's “poor man’s pâté” is rich in flavor.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Sweets
A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”
Prepared Foods
These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.
Prepared Foods
Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.
Gastro
In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.
Gastro
At some New Orleans weddings, bridesmaids predict their futures with these hidden charms.
Sweets
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Gastro
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.