Gastro
Monkey Buffet Festival
The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Drinks
Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.
Drinks
Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Prepared Foods
This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Sweets
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Drinks
A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.
Drinks
This is one expensive load of crap.
Prepared Foods
Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Sweets
The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
Sweets
These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
Gastro
The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Sweets
This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Fruits & Vegetables
The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.