Gastro
Chaga Mushroom
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Gastro
The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Drinks
Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.
Drinks
One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.
Gastro
They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Fruits & Vegetables
Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Sweets
This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Fruits & Vegetables
The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.