Foods Gustaven Has Tried

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.

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

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

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

Norway's notorious fermented trout is a tangy Christmas tradition.

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

The world's northernmost commercial brewery makes beer with water from a glacier.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

This Finnish licorice liqueur is as black as ink and as salty as seawater.

The key to this colorful holiday sandwich is extra-crispy pork skin.

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.