Sweets
Anis de Flavigny
Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Fruits & Vegetables
A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
Gastro
Belizeans use this bulbous fruit to kill mosquito-borne parasites.
Gastro
These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.
Sweets
In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.
Drinks
Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.
Prepared Foods
Finish all your Latvian peas for good luck in the New Year.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Drinks
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.