Drinks
Poire Williams
Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.
Prepared Foods
The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.
Meats & Animal Products
Spain's salt-cured tuna is known as “the ham of the sea.”
Sweets
Make yourself delicious jewelry with these sweet Italian biscuits.
Drinks
Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Prepared Foods
The streets of Palermo are filled with the smell of succulent, sizzling lamb intestines.
Prepared Foods
You can enjoy this Sicilian spleen sandwich “single” or “married.”
Prepared Foods
This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Gastro
The traditional way to send a stream of wine straight to your mouth.
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.
Drinks
The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.
Sweets
These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.
Drinks
Flower bulbs are the main ingredient of this quintessentially Dutch spirit.
Sweets
Impress Murcianos by correctly eating these fried lemon leaves.
Sweets
Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.
Sweets
To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
Drinks
Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
Sweets
These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Sweets
Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.