Foods hanssterkendries Has Tried

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

One of the smallest cities in the world specializes in mistletoe brandy.

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

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

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.

You put the grater in the coconut...

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

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

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.

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