Chefs carefully detoxify this East Coast pufferfish to create sweet, fried “chicken wings of the sea.”

This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.

This ceremonial Mayan brew has evolved into a sweet, smoky spirit in the Chiapas highlands.

This palm fruit has a surprisingly meaty flavor.

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

Long Island's rich history of clamming is packed inside a creamy, sea-scented pie.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

Coke spiked with aromatic spirits of ammonia was once used to treat everything from hangovers to indigestion.

Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.

This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.

This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.

This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.