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Purén White Strawberry
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Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.
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Chocolate-atole
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Chocolate-atole

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.
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Pylsur
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Pylsur

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.
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K’alapurka
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K’alapurka

In the city of Potosí, a steamy soup bubbles from the heat of volcanic rocks.
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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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Rompope
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Rompope

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.
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Graffe
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Graffe

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.
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Green Chartreuse
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Green Chartreuse

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
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Cougar Gold Cheese
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Cougar Gold Cheese

This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.
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Chocolate Pudding Fruit
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Chocolate Pudding Fruit

This fruit can also count as dessert.
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Cranachan
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Cranachan

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.
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Taiwanese Ice Cream Burrito
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Taiwanese Ice Cream Burrito

The deceptive, sweet-and-savory snack of Taipei's night markets.
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Cottage Loaf
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Cottage Loaf

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.
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Cuberdons
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Cuberdons

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.
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Son-in-Law Eggs
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Son-in-Law Eggs

In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.
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Tibetan Buddhist Butter Sculptures
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Tibetan Buddhist Butter Sculptures

Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.
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Pączki
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Pączki

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
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Paparajotes
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Paparajotes

Impress Murcianos by correctly eating these fried lemon leaves.
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Pancake Racing
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Pancake Racing

What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?
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Hoshigaki
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Hoshigaki

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.
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Burgoo
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Burgoo

It’s only fitting that a racehorse named after this Kentucky stew won the state’s signature Derby.
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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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Tenili
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Tenili

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.
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Guberburger
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Guberburger

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.
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