Foods thalverson Wants to Try

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

This rare, smoky chile grows only in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca.

In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.

In Togolese markets, locals socialize over gourds of this sweet-and-sour sorghum beer.

The Icelandic brew is made with malts smoked over burning sheep dung.

You'll love it almost as much as the critters clinging to the rind.

This cookie is found only in Rome's Jewish quarter.

On the riverbanks of Oaxaca, cooks make “stone soup” with hot rocks and fresh fish.

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.