Foods Leininho Wants to Try

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

Sri Lanka's crispy, bowl-shaped pancake comes with an egg at the bottom.

Northeast Indian markets sell this glittery, sour fruit in bags with salt chasers.

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.

The key to this coffee is fresh milk—preferably straight from the cow.

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.

Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.

In Northeast Turkey, one special bird makes a cultural and culinary centerpiece.

Make yourself delicious jewelry with these sweet Italian biscuits.

Pilgrims trekking across Spain can stop for free wine at the Monasterio de Irache.

This French fortified wine is left outside for a year, aging amid rain and swinging temperatures.

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

A veal-based sausage that survived a royal beef ban.

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

A popular Slovenian fast-food joint doesn't specialize in beef.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

One of the smallest cities in the world specializes in mistletoe brandy.