Drinks
Chicha Morada
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
Drinks
A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Fruits & Vegetables
Relatively unknown outside South America, the tart, tomato-like fruit makes beloved juices and cocktails.
Prepared Foods
Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.
Meats & Animal Products
This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
Gastro
The Kichwa begin every day with tea and dream interpretation.
Meats & Animal Products
This 400-pound fish has fed Amazon tribes for millennia.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Drinks
Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Gastro
The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Gastro
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Sweets
Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
Sweets
This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.
Ingredients & Condiments
The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.