Sweets
Coffee Crisp
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Gastro
Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
Sweets
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
Prepared Foods
This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Prepared Foods
This Okinawan specialty resembles a Japanese take on Taco Bell.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
Gastro
The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.
Prepared Foods
A hangover cure that spans classes and centuries.
Gastro
“And eggs are open in the twinkling of an eye.”
Sweets
These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.
Prepared Foods
Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.
Prepared Foods
The animal's nose and upper lip make a savory, umami-rich soup.
Meats & Animal Products
Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.
Prepared Foods
From humble meat-hybrid to Cincinnati favorite.
Gastro
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
Prepared Foods
New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.
Prepared Foods
For a juicier burger, steam it like a vegetable.
Meats & Animal Products
That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.