Meats & Animal Products
Narutomaki
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Ingredients & Condiments
With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
Drinks
Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
Sweets
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
Sweets
In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Meats & Animal Products
This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Sweets
The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Meats & Animal Products
It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Drinks
Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
Sweets
A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Sweets
Arkansas' unofficial state treat doesn't contain marsupials, but it does have several sweet layers.
Sweets
Reach peak Americana with these deep-fried balls of Coca-Cola.
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.