Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

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

These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.

This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.

After the birth of a child, Dutch families celebrate with a sweet and colorful treat.

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

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

This creamy, bright pink fruit is known as the "Borneo avocado."

Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.

When life gives you lemons, this tropical fruit makes 'em taste like lemonade.

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.

This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.