Prepared Foods
Karelian Pie
Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.
Sweets
Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.
Sweets
This multi-layered treat has become a potent symbol of Hungarian-Jewish identity.
Fruits & Vegetables
The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Prepared Foods
These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.
Prepared Foods
On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Gastro
A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Drinks
Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.
Sweets
These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.
Fruits & Vegetables
Slice one open for some citrus caviar.
Fruits & Vegetables
The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.
Sweets
Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.
Drinks
Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Sweets
This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.
Prepared Foods
These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.
Sweets
These French candies originally came in seashells.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.