Ingredients & Condiments
Tonka Beans
A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.
Prepared Foods
A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
Meats & Animal Products
These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Prepared Foods
The stinky, simple classic is still served at select Wisconsin taverns.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Prepared Foods
These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.
Fruits & Vegetables
The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Sweets
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Fruits & Vegetables
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Sweets
This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.
Meats & Animal Products
As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.
Sweets
One small Portuguese town celebrates a saint with phallic cakes.
Prepared Foods
Journey into the Marrakesh Kasbah to find this lean, slightly sweet favorite.
Gastro
A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.
Prepared Foods
This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.
Drinks
At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
Meats & Animal Products
This long-extinct pungent delight has made a comeback in Wisconsin.
Fruits & Vegetables
Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.
Drinks
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
Drinks
Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.