Featured Delicacies from Around the World

Merguez

The name of this Algerian specialty is more intimidating than the dish itself. Merguez is sausage, usually lamb-based in a lamb intestine casing, that’s spiced with cumin, chili pepper and harissa, which gives it its characteristic red color.

Burek

Filled phyllo dough packets make up this traditional dish from Bosnia and Herzegovina that’s eaten at every meal of the day. They’re often filled with cheese, minced meat, potatoes or vegetables and garnished with sesame seeds.

Brochette

Lots of countries have different names for a skewer, and in Cameroon, that name is “brochette.” Known locally as “soya,” Cameroonian skewers usually feature chicken, beef or goat meat.

Alloco

Côte d’Ivoire is known for its popular street snack of fried plantains spiced with onions and chili.

Fritule

This popular Croatian pastry is basically a little doughnut, especially common around Christmas, and usually flavored with brandy and citrus zest.

Fufu

Considered a staple in Ghana, fufu is a bread made with cassava flour. The cassava is boiled and then pounded into a dough-like consistency, and locals eat it by taking a small ball of it and dipping it into an accompanying soup or sauce for flavor.

Bibimbap

This signature Korean dish translates to “mixed rice,” and is a bowl of rice topped with various garnishes like egg, meat, bean sprouts, carrots, spinach, kimchi and other pickled vegetables. The bowl is flavored with sesame seeds, soy sauce and gochujang, or a chili pepper paste.

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