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

This ancient, spreadable cheese is disappearing from Scottish cuisine.

The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.

It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.

Bees get a lift from helicopters in order to produce this spicy honey.

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

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.

These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.

This French marathon has regular stops for wine, cheese, and oysters.

A medieval food fight supposedly inspired this annual competition.

Every July, a seaside town pays homage to its local mollusks with eating contests, a marine-themed parade, and plenty of fresh seafood.

Welcome to the olympics of oyster shucking.

This midwinter food festival honors Iceland's pagan history.

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

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

At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

Batches of this Scottish flavor get a bagpipe escort into the parlor.

At this Scottish porridge-making competition, contestants vie to be the champions of breakfast.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.