Foods AdOYo Has Tried

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

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.

The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.

This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.

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

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

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

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

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