Meats & Animal Products
Kurt
These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
Drinks
Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.
Drinks
This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.
Drinks
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
Prepared Foods
This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Prepared Foods
Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Sweets
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Meats & Animal Products
The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Fruits & Vegetables
The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
Prepared Foods
No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Fruits & Vegetables
These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Sweets
The pistachio fudge makes a vibrant accompaniment to celebrations in Northern India.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Gastro
The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.
Ingredients & Condiments
Curry powder gives this savory seasoning its golden hue.
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.