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Hāngi
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Hāngi

Preparing a traditional Māori feast requires a rock pit heated by fire or hot springs.
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Tempoyak
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Tempoyak

Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.
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Pu'er
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Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
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Yak Cheese
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Yak Cheese

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.
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Pinch 'n' Sip
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Pinch 'n' Sip

At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.
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Bolo Lêvedo
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Bolo Lêvedo

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.
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Clairin
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Clairin

Small Haitian distilleries are producing some of the purest rum in the world.
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Tête de Moine
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Tête de Moine

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.
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Pebersvend
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Pebersvend

The way to celebrate unmarried Danes’ 25th and 30th birthdays is to attack them with spices.
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Kagemand
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Kagemand

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.
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Binissalem, Spain

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Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.
Strasbourg Hospital Wines
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Strasbourg Hospital Wines

You can still drink riesling and pinot noir from this medieval cellar.
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Samichlaus
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Samichlaus

This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.
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Bled Cream Cake
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Bled Cream Cake

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.
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Beach Plum Jelly
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Beach Plum Jelly

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.
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Tokaji Eszencia
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Tokaji Eszencia

A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
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The Puffing Gun
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The Puffing Gun

Many popular cereals exploded out of its chamber and into existence.
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Pacific Razor Clams
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Pacific Razor Clams

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.
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Dung-Smoked IPA
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Dung-Smoked IPA

The Icelandic brew is made with malts smoked over burning sheep dung.
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Cemetery Wine
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Cemetery Wine

Bishop's Vineyard makes its products from grapes grown in California graveyards.
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Ovos Moles de Aveiro
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Ovos Moles de Aveiro

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.
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Thorláksmessa
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Thorláksmessa

To honor Iceland's patron saint, feast on fermented skate.
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Pongala
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Pongala

This annual offering involves four million women, one goddess, and incredible quantities of rice pudding.
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Bolludagur
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Bolludagur

On this holiday, Icelandic children earn cream buns by spanking their parents.
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