Sweets
Churchkhela
These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.
Prepared Foods
Venetians celebrate the end of a 16th-century plague with sweet and sour sardines.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Sweets
Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.
Gastro
Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.
Drinks
Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Drinks
Chinese rhubarb imparts an organic smoky aroma to this Italian amaro.
Prepared Foods
Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”
Prepared Foods
This old-school Italian dish comes in a rich and savory wrapper.
Sweets
This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.
Sweets
This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.
Drinks
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Sweets
These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.
Sweets
This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
Sweets
A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
Sweets
Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.