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Bean Pie
This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.
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Picarones
The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.
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Chitlins
These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.
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Hoppin' John
This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
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Twelve Grapes
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
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Réveillon Dinner
This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.
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Cougnou
This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.
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French-Fried Turkey Breast
In South Range, a decadent take on Thanksgiving dinner is served year-round.
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Pumpple Cake
Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo
At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
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Trappist Mango Treats
At this abbey, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.
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Mountain Maid Ube Jam
In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.
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Gata
Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.
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Death Noodles
A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.
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Butternut Squash Sweets
Near the exit of an old souk, a small shop has been making gourd-based goodies for generations.
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Bath Spa Water
Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.
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Maska Bun and Irani Chai at New Irani
Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.
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Drunken Cheese
The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.
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Bra Sausage
A veal-based sausage that survived a royal beef ban.
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Charentais Melon
The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
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Chop Suey Sandwich
In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.
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Southern Jutland Coffee Table
These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.
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Liederkranz Cheese
This long-extinct pungent delight has made a comeback in Wisconsin.
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Shimanto River 'Seaweed' Tempura
In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.
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Datil Pepper
Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.
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Crystal Beach Sugar Waffles
These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.
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Nimish
Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.
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Chatham Artillery Punch
"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."
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Agra ka Petha
The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.
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Montebore
By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.
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Panther Milk
Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.
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Vínarterta
Elusive in its country of origin, this multilayer cake has found a home in Manitoba's “New Iceland” region.
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Okanagan Sockeye Salmon
Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.
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Torta del Casar
In Spain's Extremadura region, local sheep and a touch of thistle make for an ultra-creamy, slightly bitter cheese.
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Blenheim Apricot
Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.
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Oaxacan Mole Blanco
The fairest and rarest of them all.
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Chile Cobanero
This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.
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Baniwa Jiquitaia
Pivotal to the culture and cuisine of Brazil's Baniwa people, this piquant pepper-and-salt seasoning now provides the community with sustainable income.
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Andarinos di Usini
Made only in one Sardinian village, these sun-dried pasta spirals are crafted twist by painstaking twist.
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Pure Kona Coffee
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
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Merquén
In Chile's central Araucanía region, the indigenous Mapuche community still makes this smoky spice blend.
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White Kiawe Honey
This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.
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Canastra Cheese
This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.
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Kapeshuna Beans
In the desert of La Guajira, Colombia, locally grown cowpeas hold spiritual meaning for the Wayúu tribe.
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Stromberg Plum
This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.
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Siwa Oasis Dates
Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.
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Farim Salt
An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.
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Baleni Salt
A sacred tree, a secret language, and the labor of generations of women keep an ancient tradition of salt harvesting alive.
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Beaver Dam Pepper
A pepper so good, Hungarian immigrants carried it with them when they came to Wisconsin.
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Omajowa
Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.
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Horchata Lojana
Made from dozens of regional flowers and herbs, this tea reflects the unique flora of Loja, Ecuador.
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Chios Mastiha
Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.
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Yakamein
Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.
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Ridgeway Cantaloupe
This rare, distinguished North Carolina melon once fed presidents and kings.
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Tupelo Honey
Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
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North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash
Bred by members of the Cherokee Nation, this heirloom American squash gets sweeter in storage.
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Lanzarote Wines
On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.
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Colonnata Lard
As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.
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Fluff Screamer
An unusual combination of marshmallows and spice make this screamingly good burger.
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Belle of Georgia Peach
All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.
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Jacu Bird Coffee
In the mountains of southeast Brazil, the droppings of invasive yet protected birds are turned into expensive, delicious coffee.
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Louisiana Hog's Head Cheese
A porcine aspic that makes a perfect accompaniment to crackers and sandwiches is fast becoming a rare commodity.
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Acadian Summer Savory
This Canadian variety of a classic Mediterranean herb gives Acadian cuisine its signature fragrance.
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Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
This recently revived New York heirloom doesn't contain cheese, but it does make an iconic pumpkin pie.
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Solar Chicken
In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.
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Louisiana Mirliton
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.
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Sponge Candy
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
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Turnip Schnapps
The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
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Savoury Slice in a Flat Roll with Sauce
In Murray Bridge, South Australia, the path to pastry glory is paved with a curious sandwich.
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San Marzano Tomatoes
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
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Duruka
“Fiji asparagus” isn't asparagus at all.
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Snoballs
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
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Bhutanese Red Rice
At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.
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Brisbane Customs House Mushrooms
The basement of a 19th-century government building provides peak conditions for delicious fungi.
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Mosbolletjies
These buns from South Africa's Cape Winelands are traditionally leavened with the must used to make wine.
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Jersey Black Butter
Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.
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Polkagris
A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
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Green River Soda
After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Roman Candy
This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.
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Chumuth
Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.
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Arbroath Smokie
Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.
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Redlove Apple
Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.
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Tenili
These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.
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Raspberry Cordial
Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.
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Cream Pull Candy
Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.
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Ligurian Honey
This famous Italian honey is now produced only on an Australian island.
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Vologda Butter
This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian.
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Grimsby Smoked Fish
Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.
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Seaweed Pie
Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.
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Pegu Club Cocktail
A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.
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Green Gill Oysters
North Carolina's seasonal delicacy is brought to you by algae.
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Callu de Cabrettu
Sardinia may be home to the oldest style of cheese.
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Boiled Cider
Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.
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Awful Awful
This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.
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Divle Obruk
The rare, cave-aged Turkish cheese is one of the last vestiges of a dying cheese-making tradition.
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Staffordshire Oatcakes
The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.
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D.C. Half and Half Marathon
In a supreme test of gut and gam, runners must eat a half-smoke sausage with chips before completing a 13.1-mile race.
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Coffee Cabinet
The uniquely Rhode Island treat is a relic from the era of soda fountain pharmacies.
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Prepared Foods
Pueblo Bread
Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
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Hot Cheese Sandwich
The original cheeseburger, hold the beef patty.
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Kibinai
These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.
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Fish House Punch
This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.
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Cudighi
Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.
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Marlborough Pie
A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.
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Năsal Cheese
In a Romanian village, a cave's unique conditions produce a rare, funky cheese.
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White Potato Pie
This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.
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Food Festivals
Filderkraut Fest
Germans turn up for a rare, pointed cabbage.
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Prepared Foods
Chicken Barb
This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.
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Masters Pimento Cheese Sandwich
The story of the golf tournament’s signature snack is one of secret recipes and controversial updates.
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Doodle Soup
This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.
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Debal Curry
Melaka's Kristang community makes a dish so spicy, it's known as “devil's curry.”
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Nokia Kuuma Koira
A Finnish city specializes in sausages housed in sugar-dusted doughnuts.
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Volkswagen Originalteil
The German auto maker’s “part no. 199 398 500 A” is a pack of sausages.
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Arkansas Black Apple
This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
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Yūbari King Melon
The most expensive melon in the world is a status symbol in Japan.
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Hiyoko
These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.
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Cà Cuống Essence
An extract made from a rare water bug's pheromones makes for unforgettably pungent sauces in North Vietnam.
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Quoit Club Punch
Drinkers downed this serious cocktail while hurling heavy rings at posts in the 18th century.
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Chả Rươi
This rare Vietnamese omelet incorporates a seasonal sandworm.
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Bristol Milk
Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.
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Riga Black Balsam
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
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Pan de Pulque
This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.
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Fesikh
On Sham el-Nessim, Egyptians celebrate spring by gathering around picnic spreads of fermented fish.
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Fafaru
To find this fermented fish dish of notorious scent, you'll need to venture beyond French Polynesia's resort kitchens.
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New Jersey Sloppy Joe
It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.
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Harenna Honey
In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.
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Dole Whip
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
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Carrageen Moss Pudding
This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.
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Super Punch
An obscure Italian amaro became the pride of Pittsburgh.
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St. Joseph's Day Altars
Elaborate bread sculptures grace these edible annual altars in Sicily and Sicilian communities abroad.
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Cao Lầu
Authentic renditions of this Vietnamese noodle dish rely on the terroir of a single coastal city.
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Frejon
This thick bean soup is a Good Friday tradition for Nigeria's Afro-Brazilian community.
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Kouign-Amann
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
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Pine Cone Preserves
Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.
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Son-in-Law Eggs
In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.
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The Lunchbox
Oklahoma City's signature cocktail calls for a frosty mug, a shot of amaretto, Coors Light, and orange juice.
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Tsamma Melon
This wild fruit helps man and beast survive long treks without water in the Kalahari desert.
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Lanzi's Cashew Nut & Rice Crunch
Candy makers recently resurrected this crispy Chicago confection from the graveyard of vintage sweets.
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Møsbrømlefse
This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.
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Green Chile Lemonade
A roadside diner in Hatch, New Mexico, makes the most of the town's fiery crop.
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Turtle Sauce Picante
This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.
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New Mexican Sundae
Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.
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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake
This brandy-spiked recipe reveals the reclusive poet was actually a well-known baker.
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Pocari Sweat
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
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Chimayó Chile Pepper
This pepper's sweet taste and long, slow burn is found in a single town.
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Persimmon Beer
This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.
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Sushi Pizza
Sushi chefs in Toronto are just teasing lovers of actual pizza, but with delicious outcomes.
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Federweisser
Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.
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Čarodějnice
Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.
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Ohio Pawpaw Festival
This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.
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Termitomyces Titanicus
The biggest edible mushroom in the world is also delicious.
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Klub
This stick-to-your-ribs Scandinavian dumpling is a favorite at Midwestern fundraisers.
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Hebo Matsuri
Every November, wasp-based dishes create quite a buzz in a Japanese village.
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Pie Barm
Nothing to see here, just a humble pie sandwich.
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Chicken Bones
This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.
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Prepared Foods
Mexican Hamburger
This Denver specialty, a hybrid of Mexican and American cuisine, is peak comfort food.
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Khirret
This pollen-based candy comes from the marshes of southern Iraq.
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Utopenci
These “drowning” pickled sausages may be named for their appearance or their inventor's untimely demise.
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West Indies Salad
It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.
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Maple Hurricane Sauce
After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.
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Desert Truffles
So strong is Kuwaitis’ love for this seasonal delicacy that an entire market gets set up just for its sale.
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Turkey Joints
These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.
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Madfouna
This Saharan sand-baked fare is nicknamed “Berber pizza.”
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Marmite de l’Escalade
Smashing this chocolate cauldron is the best part of Geneva’s celebration of a historic battle win.
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Apple Cheese
This sliceable sweet treat is actually dairy-free.
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Simit-Pogacha
A carb-lover's dream, this sandwich gets stuffed with flaky pie crust.
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Lithuanian Acorn Coffee
Ground nuts provide the base for this warm, caffeine-free drink.
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Black Tot Rum
The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.
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Guberburger
A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.
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Banta
This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Seven-Color Tea
Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.
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Pops' Root Beer Bread Pudding
This Route 66 institution goes the extra mile for soda-based indulgence.
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Kashan Rose Water Festival
Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.
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Çiğ Köfte
Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.
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Sour Orange Pie
Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.
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Brioche con Gelato
Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.
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Širvenos
This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
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Shaker Lemon Pie
In this tangy treat, no part of the citrus is left behind.
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Glorified Rice
This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.
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Jibachi Senbei
Elderly villagers hunt the digger wasps that stud these Japanese rice crackers.
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Financiers
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
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Xuixo
The original Cronut was named after a legendary acrobat's sneeze.
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Jam Roly-Poly
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
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Ice Wine
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
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Canarian Palm “Honey”
On one small island, this golden liquid is both a local delicacy and traditional medicine.
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Watergate Salad
This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.
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Buffalo Ribs
In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.
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Kibbeh Nayyeh
This raw meat meze from Lebanon is as fresh as it gets.
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Fried Onion Burgers
A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.
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Franzbrötchen
Local lore claims that German bakers made these pastries as an act of quiet rebellion during French occupation.
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Chap Goh Mei
On the fifteenth night of Chinese New Year, Malaysian singles throw caution to the wind and fruit to the water.
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Sweets
Peach Sliders
This sweet sandwich celebrates Georgia's favorite crop.
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Prepared Foods
Āsh-e Miveh
A sweet-and-sour fruit soup from Iran makes for a comforting one-pot meal.
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Prepared Foods
Fried Cow Brain
Cairo airport officials have seized hundreds of pounds of this smuggle-worthy delicacy.
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Drinks
Mint Milk
Every March, Central New York shelves are stocked with glass bottles of green dairy.
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Sweets
Fatafat
A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Sweets
Pitos e Ganchas
This gendered sweet swap practically oozes sexual innuendos.
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Meats & Animal Products
Mish
This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.
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Lovespoons
This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.
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Meats & Animal Products
Trail Bologna
Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.
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Sweets
Baba de Camelo
In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.
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Sweets
Louisiana Russian Cake
Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.
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Prepared Foods
Bheja Fry
In Hyderabad, vendors sizzle up spicy fried brains.
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Prepared Foods
Stuffed Camel Spleen
Giant logs of offal become satisfying street sandwiches in the old city of Fes.
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Sweets
Pashmak
This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.
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Prepared Foods
Pigeon Pastilla
This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.
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Tanjia
This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.
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Falooda
A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
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Prepared Foods
Yusheng
The higher you toss this fish salad, the luckier your year will be.
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Plastic Chutney
Don’t be fooled by the name of this Bengali relish.
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Prepared Foods
Jjajang Myeon
On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.
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Drinks
Loganberry Drink
This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.
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Prepared Foods
Frog Eye Salad
Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.
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Ham Salad
This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
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Sweets
Muttamala and Kinnathappam
This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.
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Food Festivals
World Nettle Eating Championships
Get ready to feel the burn.
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Wagashi
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
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Food Festivals
RC-MoonPie Festival
Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.
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Sweets
Buchteln
These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.
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Biscuits Roses de Reims
These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.
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Shahi Tukda
This sugar-soaked South Asian sweet isn’t your basic bread pudding.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Warq
This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.
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Prepared Foods
Dorilocos
At last, a street snack that brings together Doritos, veggies, pickled pig skin, and gummies.
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Food Festivals
What the Fluff? Festival
The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.
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Drinks
Prickly Pear Liqueur
This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Flora-Bama Mullet Toss
Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.
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Sweets
Pączki
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
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Prepared Foods
Black Peas
No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.
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Prepared Foods
Uierboord
Cow udder is enjoying a resurgence as a sandwich filler in Rotterdam.
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Chocolate Tea
Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.
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Leidse Koffie
A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.
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Prepared Foods
Ketchup Chips
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Onam Sadhya
Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.
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Food Art
OnDo Giant Noodle Sculpture
In Auckland's Mount Eden neighborhood, giant chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.
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Meats & Animal Products
Cherni Vit Green Cheese
A small village in Bulgaria is working to revive its nearly extinct moldy cheese.
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Sweets
Kvikk Lunsj
The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.
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Prepared Foods
Dancing Shrimp
Thai street vendors serve this spicy seafood while it's still moving.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Pequi
You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.
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Sweets
Khapse
On Tibetan New Year, deep-fried cookies take the form of auspicious symbols and festive snacks.
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Drinks
Hriatô
Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
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Drinks
Kofola
The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.
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Prepared Foods
Cornish Pasty
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
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Sweets
Bakewell Pudding
A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.
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Sweets
Ingberlach
Grandmas fashion this near-forgotten Passover treat from ginger and honey.
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Prepared Foods
Rolex
Say “roll eggs” super fast in Uganda and you'll receive something far tastier than a luxury watch.
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Sweets
Lampreia de Ovos
With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.
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Sweets
Peppermint Pig
Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.
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Prepared Foods
Gray Peas with Bacon and Onions
Finish all your Latvian peas for good luck in the New Year.
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Sweets
Christmas Risengrød
This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
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Prepared Foods
Pan de Jamón
In Venezuela, traditional Christmas bread marries ham, raisins, and olives.
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Prepared Foods
Christmas Eve Carp
Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.
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Sweets
Puto Bumbong
During Christmastime in the Philippines, purple reigns with this colorful sticky rice snack.
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Christmas Cake and Cheese
It's a big deal in Yorkshire.
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Sweets
Castagne del Prete
To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
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Prepared Foods
Drob de Miel
This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.
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Sweets
The Persian
A Thunder Bay bakery misnamed this berry-frosted cinnamon bun after General John Pershing.
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Sweets
Singapore Ice Cream Sandwich
Take the name of this street treat literally.
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Sweets
Kohuke
Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
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Prepared Foods
Pettuleipä
Scandinavia has a long history of stretching flour supplies with tree bark.
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Drinks
Cheese Tea
Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
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Sweets
Luk Chup
Portuguese traders' love of marzipan paved the way for Thailand's vibrant mung bean candy.
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Sweets
Eton Mess
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
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Pasita
A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.
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Drinks
Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale
Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.
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Sweets
Lemon Stick
This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.
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Sweets
Ozark Pudding
Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.
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Sweets
Pickle Pie
A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.
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Prepared Foods
Cou Cou and Flying Fish
When half of Barbados’s national dish migrated across maritime borders, drama ensued.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Hartshorn
Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.
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Prepared Foods
Scouse
A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.
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Drinks
Rompope
Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.
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Sweets
Smearcase
A few Baltimore bakeries still serve this cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Feast of the Seven Fishes
For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.
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Sweets
Lussekatter
These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.
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Sweets
Southern Butter Rolls
The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.
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Prepared Foods
Cancoillotte
This decadent cheese has frugal roots.
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Khasi Ko Bhutan
Nepal's autumn festival season means crispy, stir-fried intestines for dinner.
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Prepared Foods
İşkembe Çorbası
In Turkey, drinkers head off hangovers with creamy tripe soup.
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Sweets
Springerle
These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.
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Prepared Foods
Gyuma
In Tibet, blood sausage is the byproduct of bloodletting yaks for healing purposes.
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Prepared Foods
Tuslob Buwa
On the streets of Cebu City, strangers share bubbling woks of pork brain gravy.
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Drinks
Blenheim Ginger Ale
The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.
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Tools
Pee-Pee Boy
China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.
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Food Festivals
Giant Paella
Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.
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Sweets
Pepernoten
Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.
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Sweets
Nobel Ice Cream
This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.
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Tools
Matcha Chasen
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Strawberry Tree Fruit
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
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Food Artifacts
Corn Knives
Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.
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Prepared Foods
Gerber Sandwich
The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.
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Sweets
Bhatsa Marku
In Tibet, sweet mac and yak cheese makes a hearty dessert.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Mari Lwyd
In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Finger Lime
Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
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Sweets
Paparajotes
Impress Murcianos by correctly eating these fried lemon leaves.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Monkey Buffet Festival
The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.
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Prepared Foods
The Slinger
Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.
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Sweets
Persian Ice Cream Sandwich
Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.
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Sweets
Cranachan
A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.
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Food Artifacts
Butter Molds
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
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Prepared Foods
Shivit Oshi
Once an important Silk Road stop, a fortified Uzbek city specializes in bright green noodles.
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Sweets
Graffe
During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.
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Drinks
Boost!
South Jersey's signature syrup has been flavoring sodas and shakes for more than a century.
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Prepared Foods
Dill Pickle Pizza
This is one seriously polarizing pie.
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Sweets
Russian Napoleon Cake
This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.
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Prepared Foods
Fresh Duck Blood Salad
In this Laotian specialty, a medley of herbs, chilis, and peanuts swims in a sanguine dressing.
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Drinks
Apple Beer
Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.
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Sweets
Bebinca
Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.
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Ritual & Medicinal
The Christmas Pickle
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
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Meats & Animal Products
Crowdie
This ancient, spreadable cheese is disappearing from Scottish cuisine.
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Prepared Foods
Dorset Knobs
Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.
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Sweets
Mozartkugel
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
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Drinks
Julmust
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
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Sweets
Joe Froggers
The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.
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Sweets
Eight Treasure Rice Pudding
The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.
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Prepared Foods
Lancashire Hotpot
This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.
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Drinks
Skal
Meet Japan's first milk soda.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Taro Stems
These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.
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Sweets
Malasadas
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
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Tools
Tinder Fungus
One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”
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Food Art
Mojie Apples
Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.
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Drinks
Soylent
One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
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Bene’n’hot
Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.
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Sweets
Nan-e Nokhodchi
Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.
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Drinks
Tulip Vodka
Flower bulbs are the main ingredient of this quintessentially Dutch spirit.
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Prepared Foods
Trump Sandwich
In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, political satire entered the local deli.
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Tools
Guksi
These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.
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Prepared Foods
Senegalese Nem
Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Święconka
This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.
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Prepared Foods
Ginabot
Deep-fried pork intestines make a crispy, salty snack on the streets of Cebu City.
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Prepared Foods
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
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Sweets
Struffoli
These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.
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Ingredients & Condiments
XO Sauce
This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.
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Drinks
Kaffeost
In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.
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Prepared Foods
Poutine Râpée
Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.
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Drinks
Café Touba
In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.
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Sweets
Sfogliatella
This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.
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Prepared Foods
Juustoleipä
Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.
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Prepared Foods
Pihtije
Serbians prepare these cold, jellied pork cubes for even colder winters.
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Food Art
Butter Cows
These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Yete
Senegal's national dish is incomplete without these fermented sea snails.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Cake Pull
At some New Orleans weddings, bridesmaids predict their futures with these hidden charms.
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Prepared Foods
Canned Dashimaki
These sweet and savory Japanese rolled eggs are sold in 6-packs.
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Ambuyat
This gooey, starchy gel is Brunei's favorite flavor vehicle.
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Sweets
Motiv Zuckerl
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
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Scrumpy
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Burying Bourbon
In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Djon-Djon
The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.
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Drinks
Scandinavian Egg Coffee
When faced with less-than-optimal ingredients, Swedes and Norwegians once clarified their brews with eggs.
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Food Artifacts
Speyer Wine Bottle
Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Banana Passionfruit
This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.
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Drinks
Barraquito
This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.
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Drinks
Vernors Ginger Soda
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Api Etoile Apple
This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.
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Sweets
Marabou M Peanut
These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.
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Meats & Animal Products
Basashi
The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”
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Ingredients & Condiments
Horlicks Malted Milk
This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
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Prepared Foods
Kacang Pool
A “pool of beans” makes a hearty breakfast in Johor, Malaysia.
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Drinks
Ammoniated Coca-Cola
Coke spiked with aromatic spirits of ammonia was once used to treat everything from hangovers to indigestion.
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Sweets
Coffee Crisp
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
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Meats & Animal Products
Shirouo no Odorigui
These live fish are said to "dance" down diners' throats.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Yangmei
It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.
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Sweets
Dulce de Leche Cortada
This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.
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Prepared Foods
Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup
Congealed and sliced, the ferric addition is known for its purported health benefits.
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Prepared Foods
Lancashire Butter Pie
The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.
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Sweets
Persimmon Pudding
One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.
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Prepared Foods
Bonac Clam Pie
Long Island's rich history of clamming is packed inside a creamy, sea-scented pie.
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Prepared Foods
Butelo e Casulas
Before Lent, residents of Trás-os-Montes indulge in a pairing of stuffed pork stomach and bean pods.
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Prepared Foods
Papas Arrugadas
These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Trashing
For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne.
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Prepared Foods
Grilled Bee Honeycomb With Larvae
The Laotian street food is mildly sweet and surprisingly juicy.
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Prepared Foods
Moroccan Snails
The fragrant, intricately spiced street food is a medina specialty.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Chocolate Gravy
Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.
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Food Festivals
Guimaras Mango Festival
Themed buffets, parades, performances, and competitions dominate this Philippines island every May.
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Ingredients & Condiments
Jezebel Sauce
Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Cojones de Caballo
Belizeans use this bulbous fruit to kill mosquito-borne parasites.
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Sweets
Antwerp Chocolate Hands
These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.
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Food Art
Tibetan Buddhist Butter Sculptures
Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Cherimoya
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
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Stroopwafel Liqueur
The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.
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Food Festivals
Krobo Millet Festival
This harvest celebration culminates in a procession of drummers, palanquin-riding leaders, and vibrant colors.
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Prepared Foods
Peanut Butter & Mayonnaise Sandwich
Now largely forgotten, the pairing was once as popular as PB&J.
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Ritual & Medicinal
Mocadorá
Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.
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Prepared Foods
Kars Goose With Bulgur Wheat
In Northeast Turkey, one special bird makes a cultural and culinary centerpiece.
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Black Habit Ale
Benedictine monks in Oregon brew and serve this dark, heady beer.
