Foods nolamike Has Tried

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

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

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

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

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

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

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

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

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

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Memphis adds a little Italian flair to its Southern repertoire.

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

These sacred leaves taste like peppery soda.