Sweets
Kava
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Meats & Animal Products
The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.
Meats & Animal Products
"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Prepared Foods
These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Drinks
On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.
Sweets
The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.
Gastro
These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Drinks
Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Drinks
There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Prepared Foods
A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.
Drinks
A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Prepared Foods
This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Gastro
“And eggs are open in the twinkling of an eye.”