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Ingredients & Condiments

Hickory Syrup

A sweet regional alternative to the maple kind.
Prepared Foods

Johnny Marzetti

The casserole with a person's name.
Sweets

Lebanon Bologna

There's even a museum dedicated to this preserved meat.
Fruits & Vegetables

Tsakoniki Melitzana

This sweet, slender eggplant grows only in a Greek valley.
Prepared Foods

Spaceburgers

These UFO-shaped sandwiches debuted at the Seattle World's Fair.
Sweets

Tottenham Cake

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.
Prepared Foods

Brier Hill Pizza

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

Saskatoon Berry Perogies

When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.
Sweets

Fasnachts

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.
Prepared Foods

Boova Shenkel

These rare traditional dumplings are as big as a plate.
Drinks

Génépi

A uniquely Texan take on Chartreuse.
Drinks

Tunglubuk Chi

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.
Sweets

Kalimpong Lollipops

These condensed-milk sweets come from a picturesque hill town.
Fruits & Vegetables

Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.
Chocolate-y foam—but not that chocolate.
Drinks

Chocolate-atole

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.
Fruits & Vegetables

Arkansas Black Apple

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
Drinks

Green Chartreuse

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
A spinning, circular basin of nagashi somen.
Prepared Foods

Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.