Foods serpent Has Tried

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

The award-winning Finnish creation was inspired by a diss from Italy's former prime minister.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

A bloody good candy bar.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

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

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

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.