Foods christinehelenrose Has Tried

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

Made with reindeer meat and topped with Coca-Cola-glazed onions, this snack once drew lines down the block in Anchorage.

This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.

The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

The secret to this sandwich is the cow’s fourth stomach.

Without salt or refrigeration, early residents of the Faroe Islands preserved their mutton with the cold wind.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

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

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

The delicacy makes a rich, gamey appetizer in northern Sweden.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.