Prepared Foods
Jucy Lucy
This beef patty oozes cheese from within.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
This beef patty oozes cheese from within.
Drinks
A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."
Sweets
Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Drinks
In South Africa, women transform a tart fruit into a celebrated sour brew.
Prepared Foods
The ancestral soup of the Q’eqchi’ Maya packs heat and history.
Ingredients & Condiments
These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.
Meats & Animal Products
From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.
Drinks
Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.
Prepared Foods
Its deep-fried crust is part of a longstanding Neapolitan tradition.
Drinks
This wheat-based coffee alternative has a cult following.
Gastro
In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.
Sweets
Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Drinks
The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Gastro
Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.
Prepared Foods
The fragrant, intricately spiced street food is a medina specialty.
Gastro
These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.
Sweets
These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Drinks
Meet Japan's first milk soda.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Sweets
Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.
Fruits & Vegetables
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
Gastro
China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.