Sweets
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Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Drinks
The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Sweets
In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Ingredients & Condiments
A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Sweets
The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.
Gastro
Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.
Prepared Foods
Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.
Prepared Foods
Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.
Drinks
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
Prepared Foods
A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
Gastro
This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.
Food Festivals
England's annual event features relays, trebuchets, and Russian egg roulette.
Sweets
Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.
Drinks
This ruby, tannic style is little-known outside its native Bulgaria.
Prepared Foods
A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.
Gastro
This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.
Food Festivals
A medieval food fight supposedly inspired this annual competition.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.