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

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

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

Grandmas fashion this near-forgotten Passover treat from ginger and honey.

Beneath its "cover-up" of icing, this dessert hides a bunch of nuts.

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.

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

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.

This mushroom tastes just like chicken.

North Carolina's seasonal delicacy is brought to you by algae.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Balkan donkey milk.

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Indian harvesters endure painful bites to make an intensely spicy paste.

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

A sacred tree, a secret language, and the labor of generations of women keep an ancient tradition of salt harvesting alive.

An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.

In the desert of La Guajira, Colombia, locally grown cowpeas hold spiritual meaning for the Wayúu tribe.

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

Made only in one Sardinian village, these sun-dried pasta spirals are crafted twist by painstaking twist.