Prepared Foods
Death Noodles
A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Prepared Foods
A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.
Gastro
Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.
Sweets
This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.
Drinks
Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fairest and rarest of them all.
Sweets
Italians make a bloody delicious chocolate pudding.
Sweets
This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.
Sweets
One small Portuguese town celebrates a saint with phallic cakes.
Sweets
This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.
Drinks
This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
Sweets
A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”
Food Festivals
Where the world's best pizzas face off.
Food Festivals
Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.
Prepared Foods
The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.
Prepared Foods
There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.
Drinks
Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.
Drinks
This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.
Gastro
This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Drinks
Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.
Prepared Foods
This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.
Meats & Animal Products
The Sardinian cheese that wriggles with maggots.
Prepared Foods
Memphis adds a little Italian flair to its Southern repertoire.