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Pueblo Bread
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Pueblo Bread

Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
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Wazwan
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Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
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Feast of the Seven Fishes

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.
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Kagemand
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Kagemand

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.
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Pebersvend
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Pebersvend

The way to celebrate unmarried Danes’ 25th and 30th birthdays is to attack them with spices.
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Olosapo
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Olosapo

In Central America, custard grows on trees.
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Chap Goh Mei
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Chap Goh Mei

On the fifteenth night of Chinese New Year, Malaysian singles throw caution to the wind and fruit to the water.
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Jellied Eels
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Jellied Eels

No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.
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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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Dorilocos
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Dorilocos

At last, a street snack that brings together Doritos, veggies, pickled pig skin, and gummies.
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Trappist Mango Treats
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Trappist Mango Treats

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.
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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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Divle Obruk
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Divle Obruk

The rare, cave-aged Turkish cheese is one of the last vestiges of a dying cheese-making tradition.
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Hangtown Fry
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Hangtown Fry

This bacon-and-oyster omelet was a status symbol during the California Gold Rush.
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Réveillon Dinner
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Réveillon Dinner

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.
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