Meats & Animal Products
Mortadella
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Fruits & Vegetables
Jamaica's national fruit is poisonous and resembles scrambled eggs.
Gastro
Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.
Meats & Animal Products
That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.
Gastro
The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.
Drinks
It's delicious, unless a pregnant woman or anyone in a bad mood stirs it.
Prepared Foods
Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.
Prepared Foods
You eat the shell, too.
Ingredients & Condiments
The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.
Prepared Foods
A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Prepared Foods
The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Gastro
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Gastro
The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Sweets
A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.