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Unofficial McDonald’s Museum
A half-smoke sausage from Weenie Beenie
The first Pizza Hut is really more of a house.
Yo quiero Taco Bell.
The World’s Largest Corn Dog is a 30-foot-long fiberglass structure on the roof of the Original Pronto Pup.

18 Fast-Food Landmarks Worth the Pilgrimage

From the teeniest Taco Bell to a 14-foot-tall Big Mac, the highways lead to all sorts of drive-thru curiosities.

Recreating My Favorite Meal From Thailand

Recreating My Favorite Meal From Thailand

The lunch that inspired me to search New York City for popping mushrooms.

By Andrew Coletti

Inside London’s Gorgeously Curated ‘Art Restaurants’


The Fantastic, Fading Retro Diners of Hong Kong

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Places to Eat & Drink

Kokera sushi
Toyo, Japan
None Kitchen

Kokera sushi may be the rarest sushi you have never heard of. 

Crafts and other collections
Angono, Philippines
Balaw Balaw Restaurant and Art Gallery

This ambient art gallery and eatery housed in an old Filipino-style building serves local traditional food.

Bucharest, Romania
Caru' cu Bere

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

The sign declares this the number-one gumbo shop in town.
Naoshima, Japan
Gumbo Hut Shioya

Enjoy traditional Louisiana-style gumbo and the spirit of Southern hospitality 7,000 miles from New Orleans.

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Food & Drink

An Aglamesis nectar soda.
Drinks
Nectar Soda

This pretty pink drink is a Cincinnati specialty.

Drinks
Tiquira

This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

Maultaschen can contain a number of different fillings.
Prepared Foods
Maultaschen

Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.

Drinks
Pont

A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.

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Stories


Pizza di Beridde is always slightly burnt.
Rome’s Sweet ‘Pizza’ Is a Symbol of Jewish Perseverance

Pizza di Beridde is a cookie-like treat that preserved Jewish identity in the face of oppression.

By Vittoria Traverso
At Azucena Zapoteca, the mole chichilo is made with ingredients like chilhuacle chiles, burnt tortilla ash, and chochoyote dumplings.
Oaxaca’s ‘Mystical’ Mole of Mourning

Smoky, bitter, and complex, mole chichilo is flavored by grief.

By Sam O'Brien
There’s No Right Way to Say ‘Taco’

An exploration of the ways our tongues—and our pride—twist around foreign words, and what that says about how we want to be seen.

By Dan Nosowitz
Berza gitana is one of the exemplary dishes of Gitano cuisine.
How Gitano Cuisine Found a Home in Andalusia

The food of Spain's Romani people is richly flavored by history and music.

By Vera Armus
A garden (here, the square patch) sits in the center of the “sweet spot,” a stretch of land that gets just the right amount of rain for crops.
Unearthing the Mysteries of Hawai'i's Ancient Agriculture

At the Kōhala Field System, researchers are rediscovering lost ancestral knowledge.

By Sarah Lohman
This strawberry cucumber sorbet tastes like early summer in a scoop.
Salt & Straw Wants You to Create Your Own Ice Cream Flavors

In his new cookbook, Tyler Malek wants you—yes, you!—to go off-script with fish sauce caramel and pandan cilantro scoops.

By Diana Hubbell
Simplicity is key: Just a slice of bread with a sprinkling of salt and pepper is the perfect accompaniment.
The Sweet Second Life of Creole Cream Cheese

The New Orleans classic has been revived, thanks to one dedicated dairy farmer and die-hard fans.

By Sarah Lohman

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