Foods plm Has Tried

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

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

The Catalan green onion has its own festival.

A relic from the era of highly specialized cutlery.

Iceland's annual tradition of rounding up 800,000 sheep.

In Finland, you sizzle along with your meal.

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.

Italians make a bloody delicious chocolate pudding.

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

The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.

A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.

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

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.

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

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.

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.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.