Ingredients & Condiments
Maggi Seasoning
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Prepared Foods
These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.
Sweets
The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.
Fruits & Vegetables
The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Gastro
The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.
Sweets
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Meats & Animal Products
Brie's dark, older cousin can only be found in one region of France.
Drinks
Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.
Drinks
An obscure Italian amaro became the pride of Pittsburgh.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Sweets
To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Meats & Animal Products
As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Prepared Foods
After being banned for a decade and a half, this Roman classic is back on the table.
Prepared Foods
Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.
Sweets
The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.
Prepared Foods
Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.
Prepared Foods
Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.