Foods Jonathann Gougnon Has Tried

Depending on how they're prepared, these caterpillars can taste like everything from tea to a well-done steak.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

In Togolese markets, locals socialize over gourds of this sweet-and-sour sorghum beer.

The true Mongolian barbecue.

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.

Vendors fill these crispy pancakes with as many meats, sweets, or vegetables as their imaginations allow.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

Usually, the only heat that gets close to this raw pork fat is a sprinkle of pepper.

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

This chewable Indian digestive soothes stomachs, freshens breath, and might give you cancer.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.