Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

This once-common spice is now almost completely unknown outside India.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.

Elderly villagers hunt the digger wasps that stud these Japanese rice crackers.

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

Sushi chefs in Toronto are just teasing lovers of actual pizza, but with delicious outcomes.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

Egyptian pigeons are raised in special towers, then stuffed and eaten.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.