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Unicum
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Unicum

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

The secret to Romania's hangover-busting soup is tripe.
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Cornish Pasty
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Cornish Pasty

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

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.
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Berliner Weisse
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Berliner Weisse

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
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Kohuke
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Kohuke

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
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Kaymak
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Kaymak

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.
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Saint Agatha's Breasts
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Saint Agatha's Breasts

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

This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.
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African Horned Cucumber
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African Horned Cucumber

The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”
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Selfish Samovar
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Selfish Samovar

This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.
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Lángos
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Lángos

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

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
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Russian Tea
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Russian Tea

This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.
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Kibinai
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Kibinai

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.
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Texas Kolaches
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Texas Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
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Kurt
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Kurt

These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.
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Churchkhela
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Churchkhela

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.
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Adjaruli Khachapuri
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Adjaruli Khachapuri

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.
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Podstakannik
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Podstakannik

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
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Ramune
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Ramune

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
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Kvass
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Kvass

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.
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Riga Black Balsam
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Riga Black Balsam

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

The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.
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