The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.

This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.

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

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

The hot dog chain’s charming “bi-dent” picks up potatoes with ease.

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.