Foods paleasfunk Wants to Try

To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.

The New Orleans cocktail is part pick-me-up, part pyrotechnics show.

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, political satire entered the local deli.

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”

In this Laotian specialty, a medley of herbs, chilis, and peanuts swims in a sanguine dressing.

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.