Drinks
Julmust
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
Sweets
These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.
Meats & Animal Products
Dutch travelers who want the taste of home can always pack “vacation cheese.”
Sweets
To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Sweets
A sundae with a surprising mix of flavors that reflect Filipino history.
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Prepared Foods
The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Prepared Foods
Serbians prepare these cold, jellied pork cubes for even colder winters.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Gastro
These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.
Fruits & Vegetables
Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.
Sweets
Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.
Sweets
The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Ingredients & Condiments
This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.
Prepared Foods
Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.
Drinks
Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.
Sweets
Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.
Sweets
Slurp this sweet and savory summer treat from a tamarind-and-chili-paste-coated straw.
Sweets
A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.