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Rare Foods

Pöschel (left) and Schmelzer, with the mite-cheese monument in Würchwitz.

The Biology Teacher Resurrecting Germany's 500-Year-Old Mite Cheese

At this charming farm, quirk meets quark to make a unique cheese.

Susannah Edelbaum November 13, 2023

Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

Arkansas Black Apple

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

Oaxacan Mole Blanco

The fairest and rarest of them all.

Su filindeu doesn't cook in strands, it cooks in sheets.

Threads of God

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Podcast: Looking for Pawpaws

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team November 25, 2021

Santa Rosa, California

Crane Melon Barn

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

A mild moose milk cheese similar to Camembert.

Bjurholm, Sweden

Moose Cheese

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of this rare, creamy delicacy.

Staten Island, New York

Holtermann's Bakery

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

London, England

Algerian Coffee Stores

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Chile Cobanero

This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.

Bhutanese Red Rice

At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.

Tenili

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.

Grimsby Smoked Fish

Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.

Năsal Cheese

In a Romanian village, a cave's unique conditions produce a rare, funky cheese.

Black Tot Rum

The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.

Canarian Palm “Honey”

On one small island, this golden liquid is both a local delicacy and traditional medicine.

Smearcase

A few Baltimore bakeries still serve this cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese.