Finland might not quite have gained worldwide acclaim for its culinary delights just yet but over the last decade a quiet food revolution has been taking place in this north eastern corner of Europe.A new generation of chefs has been stirring things up, opening restaurants and making excellent use of local produce.

Important parts of Faroese cuisine are lamb and fish, due to the proximity to the ocean. Traditional food from the Faroe Islands include skerpikjøt (a type of dried mutton), seafood, whale meat, blubber, garnatálg, puffins, potatoes and few fresh vegetables.

Ukrainian food is one of the richest national cuisines. Its dishes are well known far away from Ukraine. And the Ukrainian recipes of the foods are very popular nowadays. Is anyone, who doesn’t know the Ukrainian Borsch?

Speak about cuisine in Slovenia and your mouth starts watering instantly. Well, the fault is not yours; the wonderful cuisine of Slovenia is to be blamed for our tongues demanding more helpings of the Slovenian food.

There is no real "Slovak cuisine", that would be known and used all around the world, like the Chinese or Italian. However, there are meals that you would encounter more often in Slovakia than elsewhere in the world.

Unfortunately, Serbia is not a vegetarian - friendly country. Most of the people in Serbia are heavy meat - eaters. Do not take for granted that every restaurant has vegetarian cuisine, and do not try to find organic food shops.

As San Marino is a microstate completely landlocked by Italy, Sammarinese cuisine is strongly similar to the Italian cuisine, especially that of the adjoining Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions. However, although partly based on a typical Mediterranean diet, it also draws on a richer eclectic cuisine and has a number of its own unique dishes and products.

The rich and tasty food in Romania is an influence of foreign settlers that have occupied the land in the past. Nations such as Greeks, Hungarians, Germans and Turks.

Unfortunately, Russian cuisine hasn’t made it big in the States. However, that leaves one more facet of Russian culture to discover on your own while you’re traveling.

In the 15th century, Prince Henry the Navigator ordered his explorers to bring back to Portugal any exotic fruits, nuts, and plants from new lands.