Fruits & Vegetables
Durian
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Sweets
Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Prepared Foods
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Drinks
A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
Sweets
The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.
Sweets
To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
Prepared Foods
Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.
Drinks
The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Gastro
This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.
Prepared Foods
Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Sweets
Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Fruits & Vegetables
The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.
Sweets
The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.