This small-batch spirit is distilled from cactus fruit.

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

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

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.

In Peru, layers of potatoes, meat, and sweets are steamed in a pit filled with volcanic rocks.

Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.

These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Preparing a traditional Māori feast requires a rock pit heated by fire or hot springs.

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

Worlds collide in this braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.

Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.

This harvest celebration culminates in a procession of drummers, palanquin-riding leaders, and vibrant colors.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

Themed buffets, parades, performances, and competitions dominate this Philippines island every May.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.