Prepared Foods
Koolickles
Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Drinks
One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Sweets
These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Sweets
The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.
Prepared Foods
Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Gastro
A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.
Prepared Foods
It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.
Sweets
This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.
Prepared Foods
Savory meat jelly with a dollop of spicy mustard is a customary New Year's dish in Russia.
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.
Sweets
The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.