Gastro
Chaga Mushroom
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Drinks
Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Drinks
Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.
Meats & Animal Products
These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
Fruits & Vegetables
Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.
Drinks
A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.
Prepared Foods
Only in Albany do people dip in raspberry sauce.
Drinks
A dark soda with a dark history.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.
Prepared Foods
Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.