Ingredients & Condiments
Sourdough Starter
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Gastro
This praised oyster shucker is as elegant as it is dangerous.
Sweets
This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.
Gastro
You put the grater in the coconut...
Drinks
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Prepared Foods
The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.
Fruits & Vegetables
The Catalan green onion has its own festival.
Drinks
Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Prepared Foods
Iceland's thick, chewy "hot spring bread" is just like regular rye bread, with one big difference.
Drinks
It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.
Drinks
This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.
Prepared Foods
This chewable Indian digestive soothes stomachs, freshens breath, and might give you cancer.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Prepared Foods
In Myanmar, fermented tea leaves make a tangy, caffeinated salad.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Drinks
Beer meets soda in this refreshing Estonian brew.
Sweets
Across East Africa, these cardamom-flavored doughnuts are the perfect pairing for chai.
Drinks
Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.
Gastro
These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Drinks
In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.