Foods rooindie Has Tried

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

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.

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

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.

Candy makers recently resurrected this crispy Chicago confection from the graveyard of vintage sweets.

This pretty pink drink is a Cincinnati specialty.

Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.

This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.