Foods Inscrutabledame Wants to Try

Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.

In Ibi, “the Floured Ones” use food, face paint, and firecrackers to stage a commemorative coup.

Sauce that can preserve stew for days—no fridge needed.

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

This modern adaptation of a 9,000-year-old brew combines elements of beer, wine, and mead.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

This ancient, spreadable cheese is disappearing from Scottish cuisine.

Monks and nuns elevate this soft cheese with a wash of walnut liqueur.

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

The German auto maker’s “part no. 199 398 500 A” is a pack of sausages.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

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