This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

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 violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

Before dating apps, young people used this cake to express their feelings.

A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.

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

A seasonal Hungarian spritzer has a language all its own.

These tricky pitchers turned pouring into a complex drinking game.

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

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.

These condensed-milk sweets come from a picturesque hill town.

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.

This sweet, slender eggplant grows only in a Greek valley.

A sweet regional alternative to the maple kind.

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.