Drinks
Ramos Gin Fizz
Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight.Â
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight.Â
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Gastro
A Spanish ritual meant to inject effervescence into a flat drink.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Fruits & Vegetables
The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.
Sweets
This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Sweets
Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Drinks
The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.
Sweets
In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.