Foods Jaszmina Szendrey Has Tried

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

This decadent schnitzel stuffed with clotted cream is named after the leader of Serbia's fight for independence.

In this island town, stew gets cooked by volcano.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.

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

In this Hungarian campfire treat, roasted pork fat coats slices of bread in decadent drippings.

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

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

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

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

This is one expensive load of crap.

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.