Prepared Foods
Bone-In Pork Chop Sandwich
Mind your teeth when eating this juicy Chicago specialty.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Mind your teeth when eating this juicy Chicago specialty.
Meats & Animal Products
It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.
Drinks
This modern adaptation of a 9,000-year-old brew combines elements of beer, wine, and mead.
Drinks
A spirit that toasts a time when proofing your liquor meant setting it aflame.
Gastro
These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Drinks
This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.
Drinks
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Meats & Animal Products
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
Drinks
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.
Prepared Foods
These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fairest and rarest of them all.
Drinks
It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
Prepared Foods
All is fare in the Korean War.
Drinks
This is one expensive load of crap.
Fruits & Vegetables
Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares.
Ingredients & Condiments
This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
Gastro
Kyrgyzstan’s fried dough marks special occasions and "feeds" the dead.
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.
Gastro
A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
Ingredients & Condiments
This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.
Drinks
South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.