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Alan Newman

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Cincinnati Chili

Prepared Foods

Cincinnati Chili

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

Hoppin' John

Prepared Foods

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

A bowl of chitlins.

Prepared Foods

Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

Canned, processed cheddar cheese is sold mostly in Jamaica.

Meats & Animal Products

Tastee Cheese

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.

A Negroni featuring iceberg ice.

Ingredients & Condiments

Iceberg Ice

In Newfoundland, the icebergs that float along the coast may end up in your cocktail.

Picoroco

Meats & Animal Products

Picoroco

These giant, volcano-shaped barnacles house sweet, crablike meat.

Blueberry duff.

Prepared Foods

Blueberry Duff

A Canadian pudding that's boiled in a bag and is interchangeably lunch and dessert.

Seattle Dog

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Seattle Dog

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.

In Maine, Allen's Coffee Brandy is more than twice as popular as the next-most popular spirit.

Drinks

Allen's Coffee Brandy

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

Tuna heart carbonara

Meats & Animal Products

Cured Tuna Heart

In Sardinia, pasta gets a savory sprinkling of the dried and grated organ.

Lindisfarne Mead

Drinks

Lindisfarne Mead

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

Portuguese Bacon Pudding

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Portuguese Bacon Pudding

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

Steamed rice, onsen egg, soy sauce & umi budo.

Fruits & Vegetables

Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

Zarajos

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Zarajos

In Cuenca, chefs transform offal into succulent tapas.

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