Sweets
Falooda
A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
Prepared Foods
This chewable Indian digestive soothes stomachs, freshens breath, and might give you cancer.
Sweets
These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.
Prepared Foods
In Armenia, hangovers call for a hearty soup of boiled cow hooves.
Sweets
These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Sweets
The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.
Gastro
This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Drinks
The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.
Gastro
To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.
Gastro
These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.
Drinks
Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.
Drinks
This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Gastro
The traditional way to send a stream of wine straight to your mouth.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Drinks
Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.
Drinks
Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.
Sweets
On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.