This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.

This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

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

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

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

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

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

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

This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.

Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

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.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

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

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.