Drinks
Julmust
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Drinks
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Sweets
These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.
Sweets
These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.
Gastro
Murcians celebrate the end of Lenten fasting by burning a giant papier-mâché sardine.
Food Festivals
On the island of Mallorca, locals celebrate their viticulture with parades, grape-stomping contests, and a massive fruit fight.
Gastro
This Spanish city gears up for Lent with a massive meringue fight.
Sweets
Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.
Food Festivals
Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.
Ingredients & Condiments
On one small island, this golden liquid is both a local delicacy and traditional medicine.
Gastro
In Ibi, “the Floured Ones” use food, face paint, and firecrackers to stage a commemorative coup.
Prepared Foods
These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.
Food Festivals
After the giant food fight is over, fire trucks are needed to hose down the sauce-filled streets.
Meats & Animal Products
The Galician cheese named for a nipple and brought to you by “blonde” cows.
Gastro
To earn a waffle from these vendors, you must first play a game of roulette.
Gastro
A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Drinks
Pilgrims trekking across Spain can stop for free wine at the Monasterio de Irache.
Sweets
Impress Murcianos by correctly eating these fried lemon leaves.
Sweets
The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.
Prepared Foods
This decadent schnitzel stuffed with clotted cream is named after the leader of Serbia's fight for independence.
Gastro
Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.
Gastro
Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.
Gastro
Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.
Sweets
These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.
Sweets
This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.