Drinks
Jeppson's Malört
One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.
Prepared Foods
Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.
Prepared Foods
Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.
Sweets
Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
Ingredients & Condiments
In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Prepared Foods
These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Prepared Foods
Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.