Meats & Animal Products
Chimay Beer Cheese
Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.
Ingredients & Condiments
Essential to South Asian cuisine, the flavoring is illegal in some countries.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Fruits & Vegetables
Almost every Newfoundlander has a secret spot for foraging this honey-sweet berry.
Sweets
A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.
Drinks
A dark soda with a dark history.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Drinks
Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.
Fruits & Vegetables
Relatively unknown outside South America, the tart, tomato-like fruit makes beloved juices and cocktails.
Prepared Foods
The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.
Prepared Foods
Sri Lanka's crispy, bowl-shaped pancake comes with an egg at the bottom.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Fruits & Vegetables
The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Drinks
It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.
Prepared Foods
Chilies and cheese combine in Bhutan's incredibly spicy specialty.