Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

This long-extinct pungent delight has made a comeback in Wisconsin.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.

This Canadian variety of a classic Mediterranean herb gives Acadian cuisine its signature fragrance.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.

A veal-based sausage that survived a royal beef ban.

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

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

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.

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

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

In Tibetan temples, yak butter burns day and night.

On the streets of Cebu City, strangers share bubbling woks of pork brain gravy.