Prepared Foods
Acorn Jelly
The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.
Gastro
In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.
Drinks
South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.
Sweets
Cheddar cheese flavors a classic frozen treat in the Philippines.
Drinks
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
Meats & Animal Products
Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
Fruits & Vegetables
These palm flower clusters resemble tentacles of baby corn.
Drinks
This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).
Gastro
This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Fruits & Vegetables
Beneath its serpent-like skin lies pineapple-flavored flesh.
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Sweets
This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.
Prepared Foods
Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Prepared Foods
Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.
Prepared Foods
Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.
Sweets
A treat so smooth, its name means “I forgot I swallowed.”
Drinks
In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Meats & Animal Products
In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.