This hearty kelp has been feeding Chileans for at least 14,000 years.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.

The pungent, wind-dried white fish is a traditional Icelandic food.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.

In Togolese markets, locals socialize over gourds of this sweet-and-sour sorghum beer.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.

Say “roll eggs” super fast in Uganda and you'll receive something far tastier than a luxury watch.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Local lore claims that German bakers made these pastries as an act of quiet rebellion during French occupation.