Ingredients & Condiments
Heather Honey
A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Ingredients & Condiments
A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Sweets
In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.
Drinks
At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.
Sweets
The original Cronut was named after a legendary acrobat's sneeze.
Prepared Foods
This offal soup is a classic Greek hangover cure.
Prepared Foods
Atop every serving of Dutch “war fries,” a pile of spicy, savory condiments do battle.
Sweets
The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Prepared Foods
The key to this colorful holiday sandwich is extra-crispy pork skin.
Prepared Foods
Venetians celebrate the end of a 16th-century plague with sweet and sour sardines.
Gastro
The ancient game of wine-flicking is as difficult as it is messy.
Drinks
The ultimate in nutty brews.
Drinks
This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
Sweets
A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Prepared Foods
Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.
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.
Drinks
The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.
Drinks
Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?
Sweets
Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.
Prepared Foods
Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.
Gastro
These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.