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Acquired Tastes

In Acquired Tastes, The Takeout explores the food and drinks we can’t live without.

Acquired Tastes

Acquired TastesIn Acquired Tastes, The Takeout explores the food and drinks we can’t live without.

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The bliss of Bahamian boiled fish is one that you’ll want to pay forward

Rosalind Cummings-Yeates

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3/30/20

7:56 AM

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Hattie’s Tamales wrap the taste of Memphis in parchment

Stefanie Wright

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3/20/20

2:43 PM

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Acquired Tastes3/20/20

We try dalgona coffee, the South Korean social distancing trend that’s taken over Instagram

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3/19/20

7:45 AM

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Feast your eyes on zeppole, the Italian doughnut turned New Jersey tradition

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3/12/20

7:02 AM

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Acquired Tastes3/12/20

When Midwesterners go fancy, they pull out the relish tray

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3/9/20

6:41 AM

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Acquired Tastes3/9/20

Jamaican box food is a Styrofoam clamshell of togetherness

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3/4/20

7:09 AM

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The Sonoran hot dog brings the U.S. and Mexico together in a bolillo roll

Cristina Schreil

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2/26/20

7:22 AM

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Slop it to me: A skeptic devours the Pueblo Slopper

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2/24/20

7:24 AM

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Rich, rum-infused black cake is the Caribbean way to celebrate just about anything

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2/21/20

10:55 AM

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Meet the crown jewel of Palestinian desserts, Nablus knafeh

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2/12/20

7:58 AM

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Santa Maria–style barbecue is pure California, right down to the red oak smoke

Brian Yaeger

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2/3/20

7:23 AM

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Let us now praise hot dish, the carb bomb that brings us all together

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1/30/20

7:32 AM

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Haitian soup joumou is both celebration and rebellion

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1/27/20

9:15 AM

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Crimson crush: Sorrel is the ultimate tropical tisane

Rosalind Cummings-Yeates

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1/24/20

8:15 AM

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Let’s raise a whisky glass to haggis, the chieftain of the sausage race

John Carruthers

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1/15/20

7:08 AM

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Acquired Tastes1/15/20

Get schooled by Barberton fried chicken, both a crash course and a master class in lard

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1/2/20

8:44 AM

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Why the Montreal bagel is the superior bagel

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12/3/19

6:24 AM

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Acquired Tastes12/3/19

For unto us, a kringle is born: In praise of the one true holiday pastry

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11/27/19

8:59 AM

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Acquired Tastes11/27/19

Ackee and saltfish looks like scrambled eggs, tastes like Jamaica

Rosalind Cummings-Yeates

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11/14/19

8:54 AM

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Springfield, Missouri’s cashew chicken ought to be the only cashew chicken

Jonathan Bender

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