Prepared Foods
Utopenci
These “drowning” pickled sausages may be named for their appearance or their inventor's untimely demise.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
These “drowning” pickled sausages may be named for their appearance or their inventor's untimely demise.
Sweets
These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.
Drinks
Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.
Sweets
These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Drinks
The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.
Prepared Foods
Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Drinks
This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.
Drinks
This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.
Drinks
Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Gastro
These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Gastro
A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Meats & Animal Products
To circumvent a meat ban, Italian immigrants hid their soppressata in balls of cheese.
Drinks
Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
Meats & Animal Products
The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Meats & Animal Products
In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.
Meats & Animal Products
These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”
Drinks
A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.