Gastro
Twelve Grapes
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Meats & Animal Products
Spain's salt-cured tuna is known as “the ham of the sea.”
Meats & Animal Products
For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.
Gastro
The traditional way to send a stream of wine straight to your mouth.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Prepared Foods
This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.
Sweets
These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.
Sweets
This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.
Drinks
The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.
Drinks
Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.