Foods Shinnam Has Tried

This Finnish licorice liqueur is as black as ink and as salty as seawater.

In Vietnam, there are multiple ways to enjoy fertilized duck eggs.

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

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

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

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

Portuguese traders' love of marzipan paved the way for Thailand's vibrant mung bean candy.

This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.

In South Korean markets, steamed silkworm pupae make a juicy, nutty snack.

South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.

With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.