Gastro
Feria del Alfeñique
The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Sweets
No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.
Ingredients & Condiments
The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.
Meats & Animal Products
The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.
Drinks
Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.
Sweets
Make yourself delicious jewelry with these sweet Italian biscuits.
Sweets
French Canadians find “nun’s farts” addictively delicious.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Drinks
This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.
Sweets
From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.
Sweets
In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.
Meats & Animal Products
This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Prepared Foods
Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.
Meats & Animal Products
The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.
Drinks
Beer meets soda in this refreshing Estonian brew.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Drinks
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.