Foods awesome Has Tried

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

In this island town, stew gets cooked by volcano.

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Once a delicacy limited to the wealthy, smoked horse meat sausage is now a centerpiece at many Kazakh feasts.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

In Armenia, hangovers call for a hearty soup of boiled cow hooves.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

The secret to Romania's hangover-busting soup is tripe.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.