Prepared Foods
The Original McDonald's French Fry
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
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.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Prepared Foods
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Meats & Animal Products
In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.
Drinks
After a long day of skiing, you deserve caffeine, fire, and alcohol—at the same time.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Prepared Foods
No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.
Drinks
It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
Drinks
This is one expensive load of crap.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Gastro
The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.
Prepared Foods
In Zanzibar, Swahili and Indian cuisine swirl together in a hearty, complex stew.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Drinks
Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.
Sweets
The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.