Drinks
Kvass
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
Drinks
This grain-free beer was all but forgotten until folk festivals sparked a revival in Kurpie, Poland.
Sweets
These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.
Sweets
This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.
Prepared Foods
This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Prepared Foods
These “drowning” pickled sausages may be named for their appearance or their inventor's untimely demise.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Sweets
This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Gastro
This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.
Prepared Foods
Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.
Prepared Foods
The secret to Romania's hangover-busting soup is tripe.
Prepared Foods
Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.
Sweets
Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.
Drinks
A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
Prepared Foods
This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Sweets
Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most people have never tasted the real thing.
Meats & Animal Products
The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.
Sweets
The dessert that's also a meal.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.