This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.

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

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

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