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wummewenders

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

Brier Hill Pizza

Prepared Foods

Brier Hill Pizza

A church bakes up hundreds of these regional pizzas once a week.

Romeu e Julieta

Sweets

Romeu e Julieta

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.

A seafood okonomiyaki topped with bonito flakes

Prepared Foods

Okonomiyaki

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

Goetta

Prepared Foods

Goetta

From humble meat-hybrid to Cincinnati favorite.

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Jucy Lucy

Prepared Foods

Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

Pączki

Sweets

Pączki

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Trail Bologna

Meats & Animal Products

Trail Bologna

Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.

Fake ortolan, shown in a traditional presentation, sculpted by Janice Poon for the TV show "Hannibal."

Prepared Foods

Ortolan Bunting

A cruel cooking method turns this tiny songbird into a rare delicacy.

Ham Salad

Prepared Foods

Ham Salad

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

Ohio Pawpaw Festival

Food Festivals

Ohio Pawpaw Festival

This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.

Cincinnati Chili

Prepared Foods

Cincinnati Chili

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

Pawpaw is served.

Fruits & Vegetables

Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

Blue Moon Ice Cream

Sweets

Blue Moon Ice Cream

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

Butter Cows

Gastro

Butter Cows

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

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