Gastro
Matcha Chasen
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Meats & Animal Products
Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.
Drinks
Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.
Ingredients & Condiments
These sacred leaves taste like peppery soda.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Sweets
Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.
Gastro
At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.
Prepared Foods
Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.
Prepared Foods
Cairo airport officials have seized hundreds of pounds of this smuggle-worthy delicacy.
Prepared Foods
This Saharan sand-baked fare is nicknamed “Berber pizza.”
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Prepared Foods
It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.
Prepared Foods
Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
Sweets
One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.
Meats & Animal Products
From the makers of Reddi-Wip, instant bacon that would destroy your toaster.
Ingredients & Condiments
Early 20th-century chefs used beaver musk to give sweets a vanilla-raspberry flavor.
Prepared Foods
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Drinks
Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.
Gastro
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
Drinks
One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
Sweets
This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Drinks
Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.