If you've traveled to Iceland, you've probably been offered some suspicious-looking cubes called hákarl on every corner. Well, it's nothing more than fermented shark meat. Although it might sound ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find any local who would be caught dead trying fermented shark meat, or better yet suggesting it to a foodie tourist, but it's as emblematic of Icelandic cuisine as the ...

(I’ve yet to smell and taste Icelandic hákarl, or fermented shark.) Give them a chance and you’ll find these ingredients are delicious – in fact, you might not even notice the smell.