This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.

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

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

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

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.

With this Dutch liqueur, you can now drink licorice.

The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”

Dutch travelers who want the taste of home can always pack “vacation cheese.”

Flower bulbs are the main ingredient of this quintessentially Dutch spirit.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

Atop every serving of Dutch “war fries,” a pile of spicy, savory condiments do battle.

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

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

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

The ultimate in nutty brews.

Italians make a bloody delicious chocolate pudding.