Foods Rebecca Schandel Has Tried

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.

The casserole with a person's name.

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.

The fairest and rarest of them all.

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.

The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

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

In Vietnam, there are multiple ways to enjoy fertilized duck eggs.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

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