Prepared Foods
Jjajang Myeon
On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.
Sweets
A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
Meats & Animal Products
This raw meat meze from Lebanon is as fresh as it gets.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Sweets
This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.
Drinks
This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
Meats & Animal Products
Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.
Ingredients & Condiments
This pepper's sweet taste and long, slow burn is found in a single town.
Drinks
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
Ingredients & Condiments
An extract made from a rare water bug's pheromones makes for unforgettably pungent sauces in North Vietnam.
Sweets
These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.
Prepared Foods
Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
Prepared Foods
These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.
Prepared Foods
The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Sweets
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Ingredients & Condiments
Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
Drinks
Made from dozens of regional flowers and herbs, this tea reflects the unique flora of Loja, Ecuador.
Ingredients & Condiments
This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fairest and rarest of them all.
Fruits & Vegetables
Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.