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Black Garlic
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Black Garlic

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
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Turkish Coffee
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Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
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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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Kitfo
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Kitfo

A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.
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Molcajete
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Molcajete

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
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Rillettes
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Rillettes

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
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XO Sauce
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XO Sauce

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.
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Finger Lime
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Finger Lime

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
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Kibbeh Nayyeh
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Kibbeh Nayyeh

This raw meat meze from Lebanon is as fresh as it gets.
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Møsbrømlefse
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Møsbrømlefse

This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.
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Brunost
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Brunost

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.
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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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Mortadella
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Mortadella

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
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Green Chartreuse
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Green Chartreuse

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
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Mangalica
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Mangalica

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”
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’Nduja
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’Nduja

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
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Susan Van Allen Added by Susan Van Allen
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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Rakija
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Rakija

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
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Beef Dripping
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Beef Dripping

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
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Absinthe Spoon
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Absinthe Spoon

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
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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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Rauchbier
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Rauchbier

Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
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Smoked Reindeer Heart
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Smoked Reindeer Heart

The delicacy makes a rich, gamey appetizer in northern Sweden.
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Trashing
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Trashing

For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne.
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