Foods Svitlana Orlynska Has Tried

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

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

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.

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

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

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

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

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

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

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

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

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

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

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

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

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