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

The world's northernmost commercial brewery makes beer with water from a glacier.

These giant, volcano-shaped barnacles house sweet, crablike meat.

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.

In ancient Rome, this fermented fish sauce sparked a booming industry.

In Armenia, hangovers call for a hearty soup of boiled cow hooves.

A Lapland delicacy, this tender meat gets drizzled in sweet lingonberry syrup.

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.

Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.

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

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

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Every March, Central New York shelves are stocked with glass bottles of green dairy.

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.

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

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.