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Mish
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Mish

This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.
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Taguella
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Taguella

A desert dweller’s delight, this bread gets baked in sand.
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T’ej
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T’ej

Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.
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Urojo
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Urojo

In Zanzibar, Swahili and Indian cuisine swirl together in a hearty, complex stew.
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Adjaruli Khachapuri
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Adjaruli Khachapuri

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.
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Papas Arrugadas
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Papas Arrugadas

These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.
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Faloodeh
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Faloodeh

This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.
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Falooda
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Falooda

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
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Cao Lầu
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Cao Lầu

Authentic renditions of this Vietnamese noodle dish rely on the terroir of a single coastal city.
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Tanjia
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Tanjia

This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.
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Mechoui
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Mechoui

In this Moroccan street specialty, whole-roasted lamb is cooked in underground clay pits and sold by weight.
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Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea
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Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.
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Kurt
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Kurt

These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
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Borsok
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Borsok

Kyrgyzstan’s fried dough marks special occasions and "feeds" the dead.
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Chunches
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Chunches

In the Turpan desert, wind-trapping structures turn grapes into raisins.
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Yak Butter Tea
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Yak Butter Tea

It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.
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Palm Wine
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Palm Wine

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
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Snake Wine
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Snake Wine

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.
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Chili Wood
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Chili Wood

Add a splinter of this vine to your meal for a tongue-numbing kick.
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Stinging Nettles
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Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
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Kumis
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Kumis

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.
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Knickerbocker Glory
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Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
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Chicken of the Woods
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Chicken of the Woods

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
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Pimientos de Padrón
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Pimientos de Padrón

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
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