Lets face it; if you travel you are looking for the forbidden. Chasing the Green Fairy known, as Absinthe was one of my quests as a young backpacker. Taras Grescoe has done all the tracking for us. His book, The Devil’s Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit is a fact filled encyclopedia of trying the mostly illegal delicacies the world offers.

Snake blood was one I recently had a chance to try, didn’t and couldn’t. I have however done one that is legal but dangerous, Burchek, a wine that ferments internally. You are the aging barrel. Good work, Taras, keep us updated!