72 Items Tagged

Sweet and Savory

Dutch Baby

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

Brunost

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Ranfañote

This vintage dessert of bread, cheese, and syrup nearly disappeared from Peru.

Keso atop avocado ice cream.

Keso Ice Cream

Cheddar cheese flavors a classic frozen treat in the Philippines.

Walnut, almond, and adlai (another name for Job's tears).

Job's Tears Tea

South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.

Acorn jelly is often seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil, and comes topped with green onions, sesame seeds, and Korean chili flakes (gochugaru).

Acorn Jelly

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

The inside of hala fruits contain vibrant colors and sweet nectar.

6 Fruits With Surprising Flavors

Why settle for a banana when you could be tasting lemon meringue pie?

The Gastro Obscura Team February 1, 2018

At the Gilroy Garlic Festival, the tips of garlic ice cream cones look like mini bulbs.

Garlic Ice Cream

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

Most blood pancakes get topped with lingonberries.

Blood Pancakes

Scandinavians use blood to make dense, dark, savory flapjacks.

Chocolate, strawberry, and ... garlic?

The Incompatible Food Triad Cookoff

To solve a tasty philosophical problem, we whipped up strawberry-mushroom-balsamic tarts and beef-orange-cream pot pies.

Cara Giaimo December 20, 2017

Spicy-sour noodles plus a packet of tamarind sauce equals a delightful snack.

Salsagheti

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

In this Florida resort, salad is served à la mode.

Cedar Key, Florida

Heart of Palm Salad

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

Chocolate santafereño is the perfect combination of sweet and salty.

Chocolate Santafereño

This steamy concoction features a salty, melted surprise at the bottom of the mug: white cheese.

Tavuk Göğsü

We have the Ottoman sultans to thank for this creamy Turkish dessert made of chicken breast.

A scenic portrayal of Carolina Gold Rice.

Carolina Gold

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

Bedfordshire clangers are dinner and dessert in one.

Bedfordshire Clanger

A double-ended British pastry that's both main course and dessert.

Blueberry duff.

Blueberry Duff

A Canadian pudding that's boiled in a bag and is interchangeably lunch and dessert.

"Under the Sea" Jell-O Salad Recipe

Jell-O Salad

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.