Most people have never tasted the real thing.

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.

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.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

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

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.

Venetians celebrate the end of a 16th-century plague with sweet and sour sardines.