Prepared Foods
Francesinha
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Meats & Animal Products
Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Drinks
A flour made from orchid roots makes for a popular Turkish drink.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Drinks
Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.
Sweets
This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Sweets
These French candies originally came in seashells.
Sweets
This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.
Sweets
The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.
Drinks
Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.
Prepared Foods
These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.
Fruits & Vegetables
Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
Sweets
Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.