The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

A sweet-and-sour fruit soup from Iran makes for a comforting one-pot meal.

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

Find this rare, savory mango on the periphery of Borneo markets with other odorous fruit.

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.

At some New Orleans weddings, bridesmaids predict their futures with these hidden charms.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

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

When life gives you burnt rice, make tea.

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

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

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.

Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.

Korean hodu kwaja is normally stuffed with red bean paste, but one bakery in Toronto slips in a delicious surprise.

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

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

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

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

A “pool of beans” makes a hearty breakfast in Johor, Malaysia.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.