Prepared Foods
Staffordshire Oatcakes
The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.
Sweets
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Drinks
The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.
Sweets
The original energy bar.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Drinks
The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Ingredients & Condiments
Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.
Ingredients & Condiments
You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
Sweets
This sweet Scottish pudding gets boiled in a bag for special occasions.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
Gastro
Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.
Prepared Foods
Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.
Drinks
This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.
Prepared Foods
There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.
Sweets
On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.
Drinks
This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
Gastro
These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.
Drinks
Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.
Sweets
A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.