Sweets
3-D Jelly Cakes
These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Sweets
These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican plant is used as a hallucinogen, medicine, and aphrodisiac.
Fruits & Vegetables
A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
Drinks
Juice from the Baobab tree “tastes like sunshine” and treats dysentery.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Meats & Animal Products
To circumvent a meat ban, Italian immigrants hid their soppressata in balls of cheese.
Ingredients & Condiments
The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.
Sweets
This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.
Sweets
This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.
Fruits & Vegetables
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
Sweets
This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
Fruits & Vegetables
Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.
Gastro
A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
Prepared Foods
To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Drinks
South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.
Prepared Foods
These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.
Sweets
The first thing eaten off the Ark.
Gastro
This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Sweets
Cheddar cheese flavors a classic frozen treat in the Philippines.
Prepared Foods
Why not fry a year-old leaf?
Sweets
The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
Sweets
Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
Sweets
Impress Murcianos by correctly eating these fried lemon leaves.