Foods burnthompson Has Tried

A Thunder Bay bakery misnamed this berry-frosted cinnamon bun after General John Pershing.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

Iceland's fermented, dried shark smells like urine and can taste like strong cheese.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

A dark soda with a dark history.

A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

Jamaica's national fruit is poisonous and resembles scrambled eggs.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

In Tibet, blood sausage is the byproduct of bloodletting yaks for healing purposes.

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

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

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

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

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.