Foods nejuum Has Tried

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

On April 14, lonely South Korean singles are encouraged to drown their sorrows in black noodles.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

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

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

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

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

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

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

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

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

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

The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.

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

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

You eat the shell, too.