Prepared Foods
Chili Bomb
Both a noun and an action, chili-bombing loads a pizza with tater tots, chili, and Cheez Whiz.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Both a noun and an action, chili-bombing loads a pizza with tater tots, chili, and Cheez Whiz.
Prepared Foods
Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.
Prepared Foods
With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.
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These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Drinks
What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.
Sweets
This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.
Prepared Foods
The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.
Prepared Foods
The South Side favorite is a cross between a meat-lover's sub and a gyro.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Sweets
The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.
Drinks
Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
Prepared Foods
Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.
Prepared Foods
You eat the shell, too.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Sweets
This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.
Prepared Foods
Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.