This multi-layered treat has become a potent symbol of Hungarian-Jewish identity.

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

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

In a Romanian village, a cave's unique conditions produce a rare, funky cheese.

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

Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

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

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

Elaborate bread sculptures grace these edible annual altars in Sicily and Sicilian communities abroad.

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

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

Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.

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

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

In Murray Bridge, South Australia, the path to pastry glory is paved with a curious sandwich.

Bakers delicately wrap this corn-and-bean dumpling in hickory leaves before boiling.