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Soused herring eaten "the Dutch way"

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Dutch Soused Herring

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

Berliner weisse, flavored with green woodruff syrup. (Yes, that's a child in a mug on the brewery's logo.)

Drinks

Berliner Weisse

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.

The small shelf allowed you to drink tea without damaging your mustache.

Gastro

Mustache Cups

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

One of these peppers could set your mouth on fire.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pimientos de Padrón

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

Real mortadella Bologna often contains pistachios.

Meats & Animal Products

Mortadella

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

Chimney Cake

Sweets

Chimney Cake

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

Santorini tomatoes dry in the summer sun.

Fruits & Vegetables

Santorini Tomatoes

The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.

Chimay Beer Cheese

Meats & Animal Products

Chimay Beer Cheese

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

A home-brewed batch of gruit, with its ingredients.

Drinks

Gruit Ale

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

Pork rillettes.

Prepared Foods

Rillettes

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Fruits & Vegetables

Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

Kvass

Drinks

Kvass

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

Grisette

Drinks

Grisette

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.

Marzipan Easter Lamb

Sweets

Marzipan Easter Lamb

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Sfogliatella

Sweets

Sfogliatella

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Once grapes freeze on the vine, there's only a narrow window of time to press them.

Drinks

Ice Wine

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

San Marzano Tomatoes

Fruits & Vegetables

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

The french fry fork in action.

Gastro

Nathan’s Famous French Fry Fork

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

Molcajete

Gastro

Molcajete

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

Bean Pie

Sweets

Bean Pie

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

Crystal Beach Sugar Waffles

Sweets

Crystal Beach Sugar Waffles

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Toaster bacon!

Meats & Animal Products

Reddi-Bacon

From the makers of Reddi-Wip, instant bacon that would destroy your toaster.

The grains of corn have been compared to gems or even jelly beans.

Fruits & Vegetables

Glass Gem Corn

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

Pink Pearl Apple

Fruits & Vegetables

Pink Pearl Apple

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.

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