
French Polynesia
Crevettes à la Vanille et Coco
Chevrettes à la Vanille
Freshwater prawns are gently cooked in coconut milk scented with Tahitian vanilla, producing a fragrant sauce for a starter or main dish.
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French Polynesia
Chevrettes à la Vanille
Freshwater prawns are gently cooked in coconut milk scented with Tahitian vanilla, producing a fragrant sauce for a starter or main dish.

Moldova
Spumant de Cricova
Bottle-fermented sparkling wine aged in 120 km of limestone galleries under the village of Cricova, cool and constant year round.

France
Crique ardéchoise is a crisp grated-potato cake mixed with garlic and herbs, browned in a frying pan.

Sri Lanka
කොකිස්
A batter of rice flour and coconut milk fried on a heated metal mould into brittle flower shapes, a Dutch-era import kept for New Year.

Philippines
Lechon Kawali
Pork belly deep-fried until the skin is glass-shatter crisp, served with a liver sauce (Mang Tomas).

Philippines
Crispy Pata
A pork knuckle (hock) boiled then deep-fried until the skin is crispy and the meat is tender.

Laos
ໜຳເຂົ້າ
Rice balls fried until crisp, then broken up and tossed with sour fermented pork, peanut, coriander, lime and chilli, wrapped in lettuce to eat.

Guangdong, Hong Kong
烧肉
Pork belly salt-rubbed and air-dried, then roasted so the rind blisters into a layer of crackling above the striped fat and meat.

Dalmatia, Croatia
In Dalmatia, Crljenak kaštelanski is historic Dalmatian red grape used for structured wine.

Serbia
Црна Тамјаника
Crna Tamjanika is a dark-skinned Muscat grape wine from the Negotin and Rajac hills of eastern Serbia.

Sicily, Italy
Crocchè is a named Italian street snack from Sicily, made as a distinctive flour-based or filled form with the ingredients and cooking finish associated with that local tradition.

Sri Lanka
කිඹුලා බනිස්
A long sweet bun scored across the top and dusted with sugar, said to resemble a crocodile's back, eaten with tea.

Australia
Croc
White meat with texture between chicken and fish, farmed in Northern Territory and Queensland, firm white flesh with clean flavor and properly cooked, a unique Australian game meat.

France
Crocus de Nîmes is a French savory sandwich assembled in bread with substantial local fillings for a portable meal.

Paris, France
Crescent-shaped laminated pastry, buttery and flaky, adapted from the Austrian kipferl.

United States
A hybrid pastry of croissant dough fried like a doughnut and glazed — invented in New York in 2013.

France
Croque-monsieur
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich topped with béchamel and gratineed cheese.

Paris, France
Croque-madame is a toasted ham-and-cheese sandwich topped with béchamel and a fried egg.

France
Croquembouche is a tower of caramel-bound choux puffs filled with pastry cream.

Portugal
Croquetes de camarão
Breaded meat or shrimp croquettes with a creamy béchamel center.

Netherlands
Kroket
A Dutch breadcrumbed ragout croquette, served alone or in a soft roll with mustard.

Belgium
Croquettes aux crevettes grises / Garnaalkroketten
A Belgian croquette with creamy béchamel and grey shrimp filling, served with lemon and fried parsley, a daily and brasserie classic

San Marino
Verretta
A chocolate-covered wafer cake with layers of crispy wafers and sweet cocoa cream, filled with hazelnuts and soft cocoa cream; the arrow embossed on top references the arrows used by crossbowmen in traditional Sammarinese tournaments; a specialty of La Serenissima bakery; served with moscato di San Marino; a TasteAtlas-listed dessert.

Yunnan, China
过桥米线
A bowl of chicken broth kept boiling under a layer of oil, into which you add raw meat slices, quail egg, vegetables and rice noodles in order at the table.

Centre-Val de Loire, France
Small cylindrical goat cheese from Berry, aged from fresh to hard.

France
Croustade du Couserans is a layered pastry from Ariège, typically filled with apples and baked until crisp.

Wallonia, Belgium
Little fried dough puffs dusted with sugar, a Liège carnival and Christmas market treat.

Burgundy, France
Croûte aux morilles is toasted bread covered with morels in cream sauce, served hot as a rich mushroom dish.

Ireland
Crúibíní
An Irish boiled and fried pig's trotters, a regional and street classic

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Benye
Crucian fried dough made with ripened bananas, coconut milk, flour, yeast, sugar, and spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla); dense, mahogany-colored doughnut-like pastry; a traditional Christmas and holiday treat.

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Kallaloo
Hearty soup with West African roots made from leafy greens (traditionally wild papalolo, pusley, bata-bata, and bower bush on St. Croix), okra, seafood or salted meat, and served over a ball of fungi; a traditional New Year's dish believed to bring good luck.

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Small semi-circular pastries with flaky buttery crust and thick sweet fruit filling; traditional fillings include coconut, guava, pineapple, papaya, mango, guavaberry, gooseberry, tamarind, and soursop; officially designated the national dessert of the U.S. Virgin Islands by territorial legislation.

United States
A New York and New Jersey coffee-cake classic: a thick, buttery streusel over a soft yellow cake.

United Kingdom
A soft yeasted batter cake cooked in a ring on a griddle so the top sets full of holes, toasted and drowned in butter.

Valencian Community, Spain
Arroz con costra
A baked rice dish from Elche (Alicante) topped with beaten eggs that form a golden crust, with pork ribs, chicken, butifarra, and tomatoes underneath.

Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Rum produced on St. Croix since 1760 at Estate Diamond, now Cruzan Distillery in Frederiksted; managed by the Nelthropp family for eight generations; varieties include Cruzan 151, Cruzan 9 spiced rum, and Cruzan Rum Cream; claims to be the most honored rum distillery in the world.