Prepared Foods
Herring Under a Fur Coat
The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
The most sobering salad of the Russian Civil War.
Ingredients & Condiments
Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.
Sweets
A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
Prepared Foods
This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
Meats & Animal Products
This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.
Prepared Foods
This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.
Meats & Animal Products
Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Sweets
The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.
Sweets
The first American doughnut chain used spuds.
Prepared Foods
A bland but storied soup is always on the menu in the U.S. Senate.
Sweets
Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
Prepared Foods
Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Gastro
To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.
Drinks
Beer meets soda in this refreshing Estonian brew.
Drinks
In medieval Germany, drinkers followed a star to local lager.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Ingredients & Condiments
The thrifty Estonian grain mix makes creamy drinks and candy bars.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Sweets
A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Prepared Foods
Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.
Drinks
Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.