Foods Rachel Rummel Has Tried

Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.

Costa Rica's iconic ice cream tub contains indescribably addictive cookies.

This chewy treat became a delicacy only after Newfoundland's fishing industry collapsed.

Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

Fermented skate smells like it urinates through its skin—which it does.

We have the Ottoman sultans to thank for this creamy Turkish dessert made of chicken breast.

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.

The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.

Bacteria that cause gangrene are the magic ingredient in this cheese-scented loaf.

These epic Filipino feasts feature lavish spreads and forego utensils.

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.