Prepared Foods
Herring Under a Fur Coat
The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Prepared Foods
The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.
Sweets
This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.
Gastro
At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.
Prepared Foods
In Houston, Vietnamese chefs offer a unique take on the “mud bug.”
Sweets
These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.
Prepared Foods
Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.
Sweets
Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
Gastro
A bloody good candy bar.
Gastro
These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Gastro
Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.
Sweets
These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.
Prepared Foods
Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.
Sweets
Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Food Festivals
The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Sweets
One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Sweets
This brandy-spiked recipe reveals the reclusive poet was actually a well-known baker.
Sweets
Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
Sweets
These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.