This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

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

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

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

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

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

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

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.