Drinks
Coca-Cola and Peanuts
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Ingredients & Condiments
Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Prepared Foods
This curry-on-the-go hails from South Africa.
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Gastro
These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Prepared Foods
This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Drinks
Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Sweets
A very non-vegan dish inspired this vegan chocolate.
Sweets
Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.
Drinks
At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.
Prepared Foods
In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.
Sweets
Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Sweets
This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.
Prepared Foods
A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
Prepared Foods
This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.
Sweets
The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Drinks
In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.
Meats & Animal Products
The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.