Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

No visit to the ruins of Ayutthaya is complete without this candy floss crepe.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

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

The competing papal and Napoleonic seals on the cookware tell the story of the battle between an emperor and a pope.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

The casserole with a person's name.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.