Ingredients & Condiments
Beef Dripping
You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
Gastro
A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.
Prepared Foods
This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.
Prepared Foods
This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.
Sweets
Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.
Prepared Foods
The secret to this sandwich is the cow’s fourth stomach.
Prepared Foods
Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.
Gastro
This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.
Fruits & Vegetables
The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Drinks
This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.
Drinks
Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
Prepared Foods
This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.
Drinks
The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.
Sweets
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
Prepared Foods
Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Sweets
A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.
Prepared Foods
In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.
Sweets
A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.
Drinks
Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.