Foods 7oanna Has Tried

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

Hot, fruity, and an integral part of the longest cross-country ski race in the world.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.

Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.

A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

The decadent, overloaded Russian pie once contained sturgeon spinal cord.