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teddrake

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2012

I can't help but stop at all the roadside oddities
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Foods this traveler has tried.

Hoppin' John

Prepared Foods

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Cornish Pasty

Prepared Foods

Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

San Marzano Tomatoes

Fruits & Vegetables

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Beans drying at Kona Premium Coffee Company.

Drinks

Pure Kona Coffee

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.

Blenheim Apricot

Fruits & Vegetables

Blenheim Apricot

Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.

Green River Soda

Drinks

Green River Soda

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Biscuits Roses de Reims

Sweets

Biscuits Roses de Reims

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

Drinks

Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

Cocoa powder makes convincing potato skin.

Sweets

Ice Cream Potato

In Idaho, even sundaes pay tribute to the state's beloved tuber.

Sourdough bread lined up at San Francisco's Boudin Bakery.

Ingredients & Condiments

Sourdough Starter

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

It's Its ice cream sandwiches, a San Francisco tradition since 1928.

Sweets

It's It

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

Steamed Piggy Buns

Sweets

Steamed Piggy Buns

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

Candied Hawthorn

Sweets

Candied Hawthorn

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

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