Foods RStephens Has Tried

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

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

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

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

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

This fizzy, tropical drink has ancient roots in Mexico.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.