Huitlacoche (aka corn smut, aka Mexican truffle) may sound less than appetizing, but according to the Observer's Scott Reitz, it tastes "of sweet, creamy corn mixed with the earthiest mushroom you've ever tasted." Find it stuffed into a quesadilla at El Atoron on Henderson Avenue. [City of Ate]
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