Foods Xoan Has Tried

No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

The reddest of the red meat.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

A Spanish ritual meant to inject effervescence into a flat drink.

This Galician punch is set aflame to ward off evil spirits.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

What look like noodles are actually delicious baby eels.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.