Ingredients & Condiments
Mountain Maid Ube Jam
In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.
Fruits & Vegetables
Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
Ingredients & Condiments
At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.
Sweets
A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
Sweets
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Prepared Foods
In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.
Sweets
This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
Drinks
Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Sweets
The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.
Sweets
On Tibetan New Year, deep-fried cookies take the form of auspicious symbols and festive snacks.
Sweets
These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.
Sweets
During Christmastime in the Philippines, purple reigns with this colorful sticky rice snack.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Drinks
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Fruits & Vegetables
These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Fruits & Vegetables
Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.
Gastro
In Tibetan temples, yak butter burns day and night.
Prepared Foods
Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”
Ingredients & Condiments
These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Prepared Foods
In Myanmar, fermented tea leaves make a tangy, caffeinated salad.