Foods Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Try

This steamy concoction features a salty, melted surprise at the bottom of the mug: white cheese.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

In Bolivia, this bull penis soup is considered an aphrodisiac and hangover cure.

A sweet and simple pudding traditionally made in a joyous, spring ritual.

Early 20th-century chefs used beaver musk to give sweets a vanilla-raspberry flavor.

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

Sardinia may be home to the oldest style of cheese.

Presidents and popes loved this cocaine-infused wine.

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

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.

You put the charcoal in the coffee cup and drink it all up.

Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

In Vietnam, there are multiple ways to enjoy fertilized duck eggs.

An extract made from a rare water bug's pheromones makes for unforgettably pungent sauces in North Vietnam.

All is fare in the Korean War.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

In a Romanian village, a cave's unique conditions produce a rare, funky cheese.

If haggis had a South American cousin, this would be it.

In the city of Potosí, a steamy soup bubbles from the heat of volcanic rocks.

This Argentinian cookout involves grilling an entire cow.

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

The signature dish of “the Crazy Woman” and the city of Granada.