Foods ErMejo88 Has Tried

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

The secret to this sandwich is the cow’s fourth stomach.

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Its deep-fried crust is part of a longstanding Neapolitan tradition.