Foods Sandra McGhee Has Tried

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

The original energy bar.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.