Foods pvilla Has Tried

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

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

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.

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

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.

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

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

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

As Brazil's forests of Araucaria angustifolia dwindle, so do the harvests of their delicious seeds.

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.

Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.