Ingredients & Condiments
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This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Prepared Foods
The reddest of the red meat.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.
Meats & Animal Products
That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Sweets
The first American doughnut chain used spuds.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Prepared Foods
Crispy noodles meet a sea of gravy inside a hamburger bun.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Prepared Foods
This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.
Drinks
Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?
Prepared Foods
Icelanders make a very, very good dog.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.