Ingredients & Condiments
Fry Sauce
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.
Sweets
A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Sweets
The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Drinks
The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Prepared Foods
Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Meats & Animal Products
This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Prepared Foods
This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Meats & Animal Products
It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.
Meats & Animal Products
"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Ingredients & Condiments
This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.