Places Added by Rachel Rummel

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

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

The fairest and rarest of them all.

Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

South Dakota's unique contribution to World War II soldiers.

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.

In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.