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Teaberry Ice Cream
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Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.
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Taguella
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Taguella

A desert dweller’s delight, this bread gets baked in sand.
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Cherokee Bean Bread
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Cherokee Bean Bread

Bakers delicately wrap this corn-and-bean dumpling in hickory leaves before boiling.
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Pueblo Bread
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Pueblo Bread

Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
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Honeypot Ants
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Honeypot Ants

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.
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Cholla Buds
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Cholla Buds

Beneath a layer of spines, this cactus sprouts asparagus-flavored buds.
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Piki Bread
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Piki Bread

This ultra-thin blue corn delicacy is traditionally eaten at Hopi weddings.
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Chumuth
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Chumuth

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.
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Blenheim Ginger Ale
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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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Raspberry Cordial
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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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Birch Beer
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Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
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Tarkhuna
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Tarkhuna

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.
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Mauby
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Mauby

Caribbean tree bark gives this drink its bittersweet flavor.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Cassareep
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Cassareep

Sauce that can preserve stew for days—no fridge needed.
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Hot Ale Flip
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Hot Ale Flip

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.
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Tacacá
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Tacacá

This Brazilian soup might make your mouth numb.
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Hala Fruit
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Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.
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Ají Negro
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Ají Negro

To make this hot sauce, first remove the poison.
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Stuffed Hen's Neck
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Stuffed Hen's Neck

This chicken “blood sausage” gets an unusual casing.
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Gallina Campesina
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Gallina Campesina

In Ubaté, Colombia, hens get cooked with their unlaid eggs inside.
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Chicha de Jora
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Chicha de Jora

The Colombian government declared war on this once-ubiquitous drink.
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Molinillo
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Molinillo

Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.
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Kapeshuna Beans
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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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