This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

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

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

This sweet Scottish pudding gets boiled in a bag for special occasions.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.

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

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.

On Day of the Dead, garlands of the tiny, apple-flavored fruit serve as offerings to the deceased.