Fruits & Vegetables
Glass Gem Corn
This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.
Gastro
The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Gastro
In small towns across the state, an Easter tradition becomes a competitive sport.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Ingredients & Condiments
In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.
Ingredients & Condiments
Alaska's wildflowers produce this vibrant jelly.
Sweets
They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Sweets
Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.
Sweets
A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Sweets
No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Sweets
Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Prepared Foods
Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.
Prepared Foods
This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Drinks
Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.