Foods kosixx Has Tried

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

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

Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.

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

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

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

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.