Foods SierraY Has Tried

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

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

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

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

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

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

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

In Inuit cultures, using the whole whale is an act of respect, including consuming its blubber and skin.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

This once-ubiquitous fusion dish is fading into obscurity.

Some fish can dance.

The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.