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Preparing the dough.
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Bamboo Pole Noodles

The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.
Little purple noses.
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Cuberdons

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.
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Seattle Dog

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.
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Chapulines

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.
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Maple Leaf Tempura

Why not fry a year-old leaf?
An array of fresh sea urchin.
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Chilean Sea Urchin

Flip over these prickly treasures and find creamy, orange meat.
Caffeinated salad—how efficient.
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Lahpet Thoke

In Myanmar, fermented tea leaves make a tangy, caffeinated salad.
On the street, beondegi will come in a small cup with toothpicks or chopsticks.
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Beondegi

In South Korean markets, steamed silkworm pupae make a juicy, nutty snack.
A cup of mote con huesillos pairs especially well with panoramic views of Santiago.
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Mote con Huesillos

A syrupy cup of peaches and wheat kernels is a customary reward after a Santiago mountain hike.
Some bowls of caldo de cabeza come topped with half a sheep's face.
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Ram's Head Soup

This widely varying dish may come with half a face, a lone floating jaw, or a chewy tongue.
Boiled fertilized duck egg.
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Balut

In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.
Eye candy and actual candy.
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Churchkhela

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
The flipmaster at work.
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Watch a Man Masterfully Flip Roti Prata Into Perfection

He makes it look so easy.
Paula Mejia January 15, 2018
A plate of guatita, with rice and plantains.
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Guatita

The Ecuadorian cure for a hangover is beef tripe stew.
Swirls of melcocha.
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Melcocha

Pulling gobs of this handmade taffy yields strong arms and a sweet reward.
A close-up of the candy's fine strands and crunchy filling.
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Dragon's Beard Candy

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
Skewered suri grubs, anticuchos-style.
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Suri Grubs

Palm weevil larvae make succulent street snacks in the Amazon.
Black (in the background) and white carrot cake, served with peanuts and scallions.
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Singapore Carrot Cake

A radish scramble gets lost in translation.