This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.

This Brazilian soup might make your mouth numb.

Lima chefs love to experiment with this large Amazon river dweller.

In the mountains of southeast Brazil, the droppings of invasive yet protected birds are turned into expensive, delicious coffee.

As Brazil's forests of Araucaria angustifolia dwindle, so do the harvests of their delicious seeds.

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.

This 400-pound fish has fed Amazon tribes for millennia.

Pivotal to the culture and cuisine of Brazil's Baniwa people, this piquant pepper-and-salt seasoning now provides the community with sustainable income.

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

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.

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

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

In the Andean highlands, clay makes bitter potatoes more palatable.

A key step in the Andean technique of freeze-drying potatoes is stomping on them.

In the city of Potosí, a steamy soup bubbles from the heat of volcanic rocks.

A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.

Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.

Meet purple mangosteen's rare, complex cousin.

Can you finish Bolivia's enormous starch-and-protein explosion?