Sweets
Necco Wafers
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Sweets
In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.
Drinks
Recently introduced to France, it's the color of pool water.
Ingredients & Condiments
This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
Prepared Foods
These sweet and savory Japanese rolled eggs are sold in 6-packs.
Gastro
This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.
Drinks
One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
Prepared Foods
This is one seriously polarizing pie.
Sweets
During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.
Fruits & Vegetables
Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
Fruits & Vegetables
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.
Fruits & Vegetables
This recently revived New York heirloom doesn't contain cheese, but it does make an iconic pumpkin pie.
Fruits & Vegetables
Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.
Meats & Animal Products
Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.
Sweets
From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.
Drinks
This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.
Sweets
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Sweets
These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.