Foods lagerfaut Has Tried

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

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

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

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

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

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

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

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

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

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

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.