Foods Henrik Johansson Has Tried

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

These bread stamps create a dazzling array of geometric and floral patterns.

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

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

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

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

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

We have the Ottoman sultans to thank for this creamy Turkish dessert made of chicken breast.

A rare orchid ingredient makes this ice cream stretchy and chewy.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

The stinky cheese comes with onions and bathroom humor.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

A Lapland delicacy, this tender meat gets drizzled in sweet lingonberry syrup.

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.

The delicacy makes a rich, gamey appetizer in northern Sweden.

A rare, rich pudding made from the milk of a cow who's just given birth.