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

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

A double-ended British pastry that's both main course and dessert.

A traditional Cornish pie that—ARE THOSE FISH HEADS COMING OUT OF THE TOP?!

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.

Sheffield’s secret sauce has a cult following.

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

Its deep-fried crust is part of a longstanding Neapolitan tradition.

This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

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

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.