Bucket List foods: Top Ten

An Amish donut like this one, available at the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market, is a treat you should try at least once in your life. (Tom Harte)

My Daddy's Cheesecake is every bit as deserving of inclusion on any thorough list of foods to eat before you die, even if it's made in Cape Girardeau and not New York. (Tom Harte)

Catfish, as served at Broussard's in Cape Girardeau, is surely a food you should try before you die. (Tom Harte)

Andy's frozen custard, a worthy rival of the famous Ted Drewe's brand, should be on everybody's culinary bucket list. (Tom Harte)

You'd have to travel to Belgium to find chocolate any better than Bissinger's from St. Louis, a delicacy that clearly belongs on any list of foods people should try before they die. (Tom Harte)

Coconut cream pie, such as this version served at the Pie Safe in Pocahontas, should be listed somewhere near the top of any list of foods deemed worth eating before you die. (Tom Harte)

Gooey Butter Cake, packaged in this case by the McArthur Bakery of St. Louis, is a treat all of us should try before we die. (Tom Harte)

Homemade toasted ravioli, not the kind that comes frozen in a box, is a food that merits inclusion on any list of foods to eat before you die. (Tom Harte)

Pimiento Cheese, often referred to as the pate of the south, is one food you should definitely try at least once before you kick the bucket. (Tom Harte)

A specialty of The Shack in St. Louis, Chicken in a Waffle, goes one step further than mere chicken and waffles, and consequently deserves to be included on any list of foods to be eaten at least once during a lifetime. (Tom Harte)