Meats & Animal Products
Biltong
This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Sweets
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Drinks
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Prepared Foods
Atop every serving of Dutch “war fries,” a pile of spicy, savory condiments do battle.
Gastro
They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Sweets
These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.
Prepared Foods
This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.
Sweets
This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.
Prepared Foods
The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.
Sweets
This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Sweets
This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.
Sweets
This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.
Sweets
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
Ingredients & Condiments
This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.
Sweets
A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Drinks
Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Drinks
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.