Foods Rachel Rummel Has Tried

Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.

A roadside diner in Hatch, New Mexico, makes the most of the town's fiery crop.

Sushi chefs in Toronto are just teasing lovers of actual pizza, but with delicious outcomes.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

Kool-Aid and pickles make this Southwestern snow cone an unforgettable flavor bomb.

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

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Memphis adds a little Italian flair to its Southern repertoire.

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.

This Route 66 institution goes the extra mile for soda-based indulgence.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.