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Hagelslag
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Hagelslag

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.
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Lapis Legit
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Lapis Legit

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.
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Jucy Lucy
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Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.
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Colombian Hot Dogs
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Colombian Hot Dogs

You might not even see the meat beneath this pile of potato chips, sauce, and quail eggs.
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Detroit-Style Coney Dog Pizza
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Detroit-Style Coney Dog Pizza

A greasy crossroads of history and culture.
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Mashed Potato-Filled Walnut Cakes
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Mashed Potato-Filled Walnut Cakes

Korean hodu kwaja is normally stuffed with red bean paste, but one bakery in Toronto slips in a delicious surprise.
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Salo
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Salo

Usually, the only heat that gets close to this raw pork fat is a sprinkle of pepper.
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Pineapple Bun With BBQ Pork
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Pineapple Bun With BBQ Pork

Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
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Fireweed Jelly
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Fireweed Jelly

Alaska's wildflowers produce this vibrant jelly.
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Grape Pie
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Grape Pie

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.
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Yuenyeung
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Yuenyeung

The perfect marriage of coffee and tea.
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Vaca Entera
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Vaca Entera

This Argentinian cookout involves grilling an entire cow.
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Cuttlefish Gum
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Cuttlefish Gum

In Singapore, dried, shredded cephalopod is a bubblegum alternative.
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Peanut Butter Dumplings
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Peanut Butter Dumplings

A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.
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Svalbard Brewery Beer
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Svalbard Brewery Beer

The world's northernmost commercial brewery makes beer with water from a glacier.
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Kaymak
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Kaymak

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.
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Taylor Ham Ice Cream
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Taylor Ham Ice Cream

New Jersey’s favorite breakfast meat forms the salty spine of this summer sweet.
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Cholado
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Cholado

The cool Colombian treat blends shaved ice with syrup, fruit, and anything from wafer cookies to cheese.
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Zelnik
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Zelnik

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.
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Fried Coke
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Fried Coke

Reach peak Americana with these deep-fried balls of Coca-Cola.
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Black Sesame Sweet Soup
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Black Sesame Sweet Soup

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.
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Kartoshka
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Kartoshka

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.
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Romeu e Julieta
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Romeu e Julieta

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.
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Boston Cooler
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Boston Cooler

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.
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