Foods Jonathann Gougnon Has Tried

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.

These palm flower clusters resemble tentacles of baby corn.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.

To taste the oldest wine still in production, head to Cyprus.

The birthplace of coffee celebrates community with a sensory feast.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

This sausage saved Jews' lives in Inquisition-era Portugal.