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Tacos de Ojo
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Tacos de Ojo

Cow eyes make a juicy and gelatinous taco filling.
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Santa Maria–Style Barbecue
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Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Californian BBQ involves red oak, sirloin, and special grills.
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Blenheim Apricot
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Blenheim Apricot

Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.
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Soylent
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Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
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Garlic Ice Cream
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Garlic Ice Cream

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.
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Sourdough Starter
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Sourdough Starter

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
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Funeral Potatoes
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Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.
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The Zombie
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The Zombie

Donn Beach only wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.
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Szechuan Button
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Szechuan Button

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
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It's It
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It's It

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?
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Hillary’s Sweet Lemon Mint
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Hillary’s Sweet Lemon Mint

A distinctive herb named after a First Lady.
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Tupelo Honey
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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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Shrub
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Shrub

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.
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Burying Bourbon
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Burying Bourbon

In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.
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Carolina Gold
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Carolina Gold

This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.
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Ridgeway Cantaloupe
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Ridgeway Cantaloupe

This rare, distinguished North Carolina melon once fed presidents and kings.
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Cheerwine
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Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
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Pig Pickin' Cake
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Pig Pickin' Cake

The Southern barbecue staple offers a sweet, tropical chaser to the main course.
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Chicken Mull
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Chicken Mull

A buttery Southern specialty inspired by 19th-century seaside cookouts.
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Deep-Fried Peanuts
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Deep-Fried Peanuts

You eat the shell, too.
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Snow Cream
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Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
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Berger Cookies
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Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.
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Small Foods Party
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Small Foods Party

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.
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Pumpple Cake
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Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.
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