Prepared Foods
Okonomiyaki
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Prepared Foods
The reddest of the red meat.
Gastro
These tricky pitchers turned pouring into a complex drinking game.
Gastro
This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.
Sweets
Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.
Prepared Foods
This savory-sweet pairing is a classic school lunch.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.
Gastro
The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.
Meats & Animal Products
The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.
Sweets
For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?
Sweets
A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.
Prepared Foods
Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Ingredients & Condiments
Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Sweets
The sweet Kiwi treat that represents a token reward.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.