Foods Oubliette Has Tried

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

The dessert that's also a meal.

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

The decadent, overloaded Russian pie once contained sturgeon spinal cord.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”