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

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

Why not fry a year-old leaf?

Beneath a blanket of peanut flour and cilantro, this Taiwanese street pop hides a savory surprise.

Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

Deep-fried pork intestines make a crispy, salty snack on the streets of Cebu City.

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Dine for a cause with this mammal and insect mélange.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

The Laotian street food is mildly sweet and surprisingly juicy.

South Korea's grapefruit-flavored ice cream bar promises to help your hangover.

In Turkey, drinkers head off hangovers with creamy tripe soup.

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

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

To circumvent a meat ban, Italian immigrants hid their soppressata in balls of cheese.

Next-level egg rolls are wrapped in an entire chicken wing.

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

These severed octopus tentacles wriggle on your plate.