Foods awesome Has Tried

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Egyptian pigeons are raised in special towers, then stuffed and eaten.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.

A rare orchid ingredient makes this ice cream stretchy and chewy.

Kyrgyzstan’s fried dough marks special occasions and "feeds" the dead.

These dark fried milk balls are flecked with gold and dipped in scented syrup.

Savory meat jelly with a dollop of spicy mustard is a customary New Year's dish in Russia.

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.

The dessert that's also a meal.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

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

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.

A bloody good candy bar.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.