Sweets
Knickerbocker Glory
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Sweets
The original energy bar.
Prepared Foods
A traditional Cornish pie that—ARE THOSE FISH HEADS COMING OUT OF THE TOP?!
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Sweets
The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.
Sweets
Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Ingredients & Condiments
Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.
Prepared Foods
A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Drinks
This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.
Ingredients & Condiments
This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Prepared Foods
This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.