Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.

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

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

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

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

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

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.