Foods sedyoci Has Tried

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

The traditional way to send a stream of wine straight to your mouth.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

A Spanish ritual meant to inject effervescence into a flat drink.

The Catalan green onion has its own festival.

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.

What look like noodles are actually delicious baby eels.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

The Galician cheese named for a nipple and brought to you by “blonde” cows.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.