Foods slothysaint Has Tried

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

These natural cocktail stirrers sprout from the Caribbean swizzlestick tree.

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

The once-forbidden stew now symbolizes Haitian independence.

This Moroccan butter ferments underground for years and smells like blue cheese.

Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

Tequila's ancient, fermented cousin is making a comeback in Mexico City.

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

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

The New Orleans cocktail is part pick-me-up, part pyrotechnics show.

This fizzy, tropical drink has ancient roots in Mexico.

Meet tequila's fruity, fragrant relative.

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

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.