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

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

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

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.

Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

Monks and nuns elevate this soft cheese with a wash of walnut liqueur.

This jelly is made with dandelions and tastes like honey.

Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

Recently introduced to France, it's the color of pool water.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

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

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.