Gastro
Kopstootje
The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”
Sweets
This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Drinks
This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
Prepared Foods
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Prepared Foods
The slow-smoked sheep is a Western Kentucky specialty.
Drinks
These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Prepared Foods
Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.
Prepared Foods
This once-ubiquitous fusion dish is fading into obscurity.
Prepared Foods
The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Drinks
A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Gastro
This coffee additive and killer of trees has a reputation as a medical marvel.
Prepared Foods
No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Sweets
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
Prepared Foods
A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.