Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.

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

A veal-based sausage that survived a royal beef ban.

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.

The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

Near the exit of an old souk, a small shop has been making gourd-based goodies for generations.

A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.

Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.

In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.