Sweets
Anis de Flavigny
Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
Sweets
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
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These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
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Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Drinks
Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.
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Everyone says this vintage chewing gum tastes like soap, including the company.
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In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
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No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.
Prepared Foods
A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Prepared Foods
Sushi chefs in Toronto are just teasing lovers of actual pizza, but with delicious outcomes.
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This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
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This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
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From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.
Prepared Foods
A Newfoundland tradition that comes with history and controversy.
Fruits & Vegetables
Almost every Newfoundlander has a secret spot for foraging this honey-sweet berry.
Sweets
This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.
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During the Great Depression, Canadian women made “unemployed-person pudding.”
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French Canadians find “nun’s farts” addictively delicious.
Gastro
This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.