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Eccles Cake
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Eccles Cake

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
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Necco Wafers
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Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
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Mozartkugel
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Mozartkugel

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
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Oscypek
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Oscypek

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.
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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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Financiers
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Financiers

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
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Brennivín
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Brennivín

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?
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Butter Molds
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Butter Molds

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
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Hiyoko
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Hiyoko

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.
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Exploding Chocolate Teacakes
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Exploding Chocolate Teacakes

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.
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Soylent
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Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
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Matcha Chasen
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Matcha Chasen

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
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Wagashi
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Wagashi

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
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Pocari Sweat
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Pocari Sweat

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
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Żubrówka
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Żubrówka

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
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Sgushyonka
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Sgushyonka

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.
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Bonito Flakes
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Bonito Flakes

Some fish can dance.
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Narutomaki
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Narutomaki

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
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Umeboshi
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Umeboshi

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
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Takoyaki
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Takoyaki

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
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Omurice
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Omurice

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.
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Nattō
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Nattō

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Japanese Tea Ceremony

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
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Maine Wild Blueberries
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Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
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