Foods Alan Newman Has Tried

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.

Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

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

This Sicilian sheep's milk cheese is colored with saffron and studded with black peppercorns.

Italy's first beer cheese gets coated in spent brewing grains and soaked in lager.

You can enjoy this Sicilian spleen sandwich “single” or “married.”

The streets of Palermo are filled with the smell of succulent, sizzling lamb intestines.

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

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

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.