Gastro
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The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Gastro
The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Drinks
Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
Drinks
A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Sweets
These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.
Sweets
The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.
Sweets
Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
Drinks
The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Sweets
The original energy bar.
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Sweets
This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Food Festivals
A medieval food fight supposedly inspired this annual competition.
Ingredients & Condiments
The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."
Sweets
The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.
Ingredients & Condiments
You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Prepared Foods
England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.