Foods gniki Has Tried

This ceremonial Mayan brew has evolved into a sweet, smoky spirit in the Chiapas highlands.

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.

Some fish can dance.

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

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

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

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

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

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

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

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

The meat that literally puts a smile on Australians' faces.

A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

A flour made from orchid roots makes for a popular Turkish drink.