Foods Volodymyr Riabchuk Has Tried

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The world's northernmost commercial brewery makes beer with water from a glacier.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Essential to South Asian cuisine, the flavoring is illegal in some countries.

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

A seasonal Hungarian spritzer has a language all its own.

A bloody good candy bar.

Flower bulbs are the main ingredient of this quintessentially Dutch spirit.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.