1. Venison yes
2. Nettle tea no
3. Huevos rancheros yes
4. Steak tartare yes
5. Crocodile yes
6. Black pudding no
7. Cheese fondue yes
8. Carp yes
9. Borscht yes
10. Baba ghanoush yes
11. Calamari yes
12. Pho no (not yet)
13. PB&J sandwich yes
14. Aloo gobi yes (yum)
15. Hot dog from a street cart yes
16. Epoisses no
17. Black truffle yes
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes yes
19. Steamed pork buns no
20. Pistachio ice cream yes
21. Heirloom tomatoes yes
22. Fresh wild berries yes
23. Foie gras yes
24. Rice and beans yes
25. Brawn, or head cheese no
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper never
27. Dulce de leche yes
28. Oysters yes (but not again – I got very sick)
29. Baklava yes (only person I know who dislikes baklava)
30. Bagna cauda no
31. Wasabi peas yes
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl yes, oh yes
33. Salted lassi no (not salted, not yet)
34. Sauerkraut yes
35. Root beer float yes
36. Cognac with a fat cigar not together
37. Clotted cream tea no
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O no
39. Gumbo yes
40. Oxtail no
41. Curried goat yes
42. Whole insects yes (crickets from a Oaxacan restaurant)
43. Phaal no
44. Goat’s milk yes
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more no
46. Fugu never (coward)
47. Chicken tikka masala yes
48. Eel yes
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut yes
50. Sea urchin yes
51. Prickly pear no
52. Umeboshi no
53. Abalone yes
54. Paneer yes
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal yes
56. Spaetzle yes
57. Dirty gin martini no
58. Beer above 8% ABV no
59. Poutine no
60. Carob chips yes
61. S’mores yes
62. Sweetbreads yes
63. Kaolin no
64. Currywurst no
65. Durian no
66. Frogs’ legs yes
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake yes
68. Haggis yes
69. Fried plantain yes
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette yes to the andouillette and NEVER AGAIN
71. Gazpacho yes
72. Caviar and blini yes
73. Louche absinthe no
74. Gjetost, or brunost no
75. Roadkill never
76. Baijiu no
77. Hostess Fruit Pie yes
78. Snail yes
79. Lapsang souchong yes
80. Bellini yes
81. Tom yum yes
82. Eggs Benedict yes
83. Pocky yes
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. no, only a 1 star one in Cahors
85. Kobe beef yes
86. Hare no
87. Goulash yes
88. Flowers yes
89. Horse never
90. Criollo chocolate no
91. Spam yes
92. Soft shell crab yes
93. Rose harissa no
94. Catfish yes
95. Mole poblano yes
96. Bagel and lox yes
97. Lobster Thermidor no
98. Polenta yes
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee yes
100. Snake yes (rattlesnake, yum)

I licked an ant’s butt once, in Australia. Tasted like gum drops.