Foods frncb Has Tried

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

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

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

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

In homestyle Portuguese restaurants known as tascas, savory stewed chicken gizzards are a flavorful favorite.

In this island town, stew gets cooked by volcano.

This sausage saved Jews' lives in Inquisition-era Portugal.

A cake so gooey, it requires a spoon.

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

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.

The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.