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United States

Huckleberry Pie

A Western and mountain-state pie of wild huckleberries, tarter and more intense than blueberries.

Southern Belize, Belize

Hudut

Garifuna dish of whole fish stewed in coconut milk with okra and basil, served beside a mound of green and ripe plantain pounded together in a mortar.

Hue, Vietnam

Hue Savory Pancake

Bánh khoái

Bánh khoái is Hue's small, thick, crisp-edged pancake filled with shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts, served with herbs and Hue's rich sesame-peanut dipping sauce.

Aragon, Spain

Huesca Almond-Meringue Cake

Pastel ruso

Huesca Almond-Meringue Cake, locally pastel ruso, layers crisp almond meringue around a pale praline cream.

Luxembourg

Huesenziwwi

Hare jointed and marinated in red wine, then stewed long and thickened at the end with its own blood and liver.

Panama

Huevitos de Leche

Panamanian milk candies shaped like little eggs, made by cooking milk and sugar into a soft, creamy fudge.

Costa (Coastal Ecuador), Ecuador

Huevo Mollo

Huevo mollo is a Manabí sweet made by slowly cooking egg yolk and sugar into a dense, golden confection.

Mexico

Huevos a la Mexicana

Scrambled eggs cooked with tomato, onion, and green chile — the classic Mexican breakfast.

Mexico

Huevos ahogados

'Drowned eggs': poached or fried eggs simmered in a chile-tomato sauce.

Mexico

Huevos divorciados

'Divorced eggs': two fried eggs, one in red salsa, one in green, separated by a strip of beans.

Cuba

Huevos habaneros

Havana-style eggs baked in a piquant tomato sauce with onions, peppers, and peas, often served with white rice.

Mexico

Huevos migas

Scrambled eggs with crisp tortilla pieces stirred in until soft.

Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Huevos Motuleños

A Yucatán breakfast of fried eggs on tortillas with black beans, ham, peas, and fried plantain.

Mexico

Huevos Rancheros

Fried eggs on corn tortillas, bathed in a cooked tomato-chile ranchera sauce, often served with beans.

United States

Huguenot Torte

A Charleston dessert of apples, pecans, and whipped egg batter that puffs and falls into a soft, nutty pudding.

New Zealand

Huhu Grubs

Fat white larvae of the huhu beetle, dug from rotting logs; a Māori bush-food delicacy traditionally eaten raw, tasting to most palates like peanut butter crossed with chicken skin.

Mexico

Huitlacoche

Corn smut, the prized dark fungus of maize, cooked into quesadillas, soups, and sauces.

Peru

Huitochado

An Amazonian huito fruit liqueur with deep color and a sweet botanical finish.

China

Hulatang Pepper Soup

胡辣汤

Hulatang is a thick Henan breakfast soup built from peppery stock, flour slurry, and pieces of beef or tendon.

Yemen

Hulba

Fenugreek seeds soaked overnight and whipped with water and lemon into a pale, bitter foam spooned over saltah and fahsa.

Xi'an, China

Hulutou Intestine Soup

葫芦头

Carefully cleaned pork intestine simmered in a milky bone broth over torn bread and vermicelli, seasoned with pepper and coriander.

Valais, Switzerland

Humagne Rouge

A robust red wine from a rare indigenous Valais grape, producing structured, tannic wines with wild berry and herb notes.

East Iceland, Iceland

Humar

Iceland's sweet langoustine from the North Atlantic, a delicacy and restaurant classic

Bolivia

Humintas

A Bolivian tamale of ground corn with cheese, sugar, and anise, steamed in corn husks, a daily and snack classic.

Argentina

Humita

Humita en chala

An Andean corn dish made from grated fresh maize, often combined with squash, onion and seasonings. Northwest Argentine versions are cooked in a pot or wrapped in corn husks; some include cheese.

Sierra (Andean Highlands), Ecuador

Humita

An Ecuadorian tamale of ground corn with cheese and lard, steamed in corn husks, a Sierra and daily classic.

Chile

Humitas

Ground corn wrapped in corn husks and steamed, sweet or savory, a traditional Chilean corn dish, fresh and tender.

Peru

Humitas Peruanas

Humitas

Peruvian fresh corn tamales, sweet or savory, wrapped in corn husks and steamed. Common in the sierra for breakfast.

Jamaica

Hummingbird Cake

A banana-and-pineapple cake family: Jamaica’s Doctor Bird Cake appeared as a fruit loaf, while the U.S. Southern layer-cake version commonly adds pecans and cream-cheese frosting.

United Arab Emirates

Hummus

حمص

Chickpeas boiled soft and beaten with tahini, lemon and garlic into a smooth paste, swirled with olive oil — the shared Levantine staple claimed by every coast of the eastern Mediterranean, eaten with pita at any hour.

China

Hunan Steamed Cured Pork

腊肉

Pork belly salted and hung in the smoke of a kitchen fire through winter until dark and hard, then sliced and steamed or fried with garlic stems.

Lithuania

Hundred-Layer Pastry

Šimtalapis

A laminated dough pastry with hundreds of buttery layers, introduced to Lithuania by Tatars and modified locally.

Netherlands

Hung Yogurt

Hangop

Strained yogurt dessert, traditionally hung in a cloth to drain, served with fruit or sugar, a traditional Dutch dessert.

Maldives

Huni Hakuru Folhi

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Coconut and palm jaggery pancakes — grated coconut cooked with hakuru (palm jaggery) wrapped in a thin batter, a traditional Maldivian sweet.

Germany

Hunting Sausage

Jagdwurst

Coarse cooked sausage with visible pork meat chunks, hearty and flavorful, also called Schinkenwurst.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hurmašice

Oval semolina biscuits pressed with a fork, baked, then soaked in cold syrup while still hot so they swell and stay wet.