Foods Lefteris Has Tried

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.

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

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

These beloved Indonesian chips are actually flattened, fried seeds.

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

The deceptive, sweet-and-savory snack of Taipei's night markets.

This sweet, slender eggplant grows only in a Greek valley.

South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.

Take the name of this street treat literally.

It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.

Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.

In Tibetan temples, yak butter burns day and night.

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

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

Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.

The stinky cheese comes with onions and bathroom humor.

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”