This Brazilian soup might make your mouth numb.

As Brazil's forests of Araucaria angustifolia dwindle, so do the harvests of their delicious seeds.

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.

This 400-pound fish has fed Amazon tribes for millennia.

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.

Pivotal to the culture and cuisine of Brazil's Baniwa people, this piquant pepper-and-salt seasoning now provides the community with sustainable income.

Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.

Meet purple mangosteen's rare, complex cousin.

This fruit makes tattoos, antibiotics, and dessert.

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

In the city of Potosí, a steamy soup bubbles from the heat of volcanic rocks.

A key step in the Andean technique of freeze-drying potatoes is stomping on them.

A sweet, warm cocktail to chase away the chill of Andean nights.

A rare, rich pudding made from the milk of a cow who's just given birth.