A very simple sauerkraut soup that’s delicious served with German black bread

Complex, delicious banana ice cream with a very fancy banana compote

Super simple chilled pie with lots of zing from the most famous of space foods: Tang

A very rich and creamy alternative to mashed potatoes

Fruit salad with a whipped cream dressing that is definitely a dessert

Rich yeasted waffles with lots of nutmeg and a buttery wine sauce. Definitely a dessert and not for breakfast

Quite firm unsweetened tapioca pudding served with brown sugar and cream

Dates stuffed with nuts and long pepper, rolled in salt, and cooked in honey

Delicious buns with caraway and a topping of glaze and crunchy sugar

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding

Intensely vanilla-y rice pudding with delicate poached pears and a decadent chocolate sauce

This is a good, basic sweet potato dish. The dehydrated sweet potatoes make for a firmer texture

Jiggly, vibrantly red cranberry sauce that is quite a bit sweeter than most you find today

Less sweet than a modern pumpkin pie, it really lets the spices shine and the texture is so nice and smooth, like a firm pudding. This will definitely be a holiday staple for me!

Delicious sweet bread with a soft, pillowy interior and flavors of orange and a hint of anise

Absolutely wonderful chocolate cake that isn’t as dry as the sachertorte I had in Vienna, and the glaze isn’t as hard. It’s dense, but not unpleasantly so, very chocolatey, and the apricot adds a layer of complexity

19th century candy that isn’t vinegary at all. The harder version has a more complex flavor that is almost caramelized, and the softer version is more neutral

Wafer-like “cookies” that have a lovely blend of spices, but are otherwise a bit like hardtack (clack clack)

Absolutely fantastic, moist, caramelly pineapple upside-down cake

Delicious confectionaries that have a slight nuttiness and aren’t too sweet, with a texture akin to cookie dough