Foods nicolescottdurham Wants to Try

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.

This fruit can also count as dessert.

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

These Mexican bugs taste like cinnamon and alleviate arthritis pain.

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.