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Clear Toy Candy
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Clear Toy Candy

A Victorian favorite is hanging on in Pennsylvania.
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Sugar on Snow
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Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
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Pickle Soft Serve
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Pickle Soft Serve

The briny, refreshing ice cream acts as a cooling chaser to spicy meals.
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Egg Cream
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Egg Cream

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.
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Andarinos di Usini
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Andarinos di Usini

Made only in one Sardinian village, these sun-dried pasta spirals are crafted twist by painstaking twist.
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Panther Milk
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Panther Milk

Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.
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Datil Pepper
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Datil Pepper

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.
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Death Noodles
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Death Noodles

A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.
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La Merengada
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La Merengada

This Spanish city gears up for Lent with a massive meringue fight.
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Chios Mastiha
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Chios Mastiha

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.
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Redlove Apple
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Redlove Apple

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.
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Baleni Salt
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Baleni Salt

A sacred tree, a secret language, and the labor of generations of women keep an ancient tradition of salt harvesting alive.
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Baniwa Jiquitaia
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Baniwa Jiquitaia

Pivotal to the culture and cuisine of Brazil's Baniwa people, this piquant pepper-and-salt seasoning now provides the community with sustainable income.
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Sponge Candy
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Sponge Candy

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Sponsored by Visit Buffalo Niagara
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