On the fifteenth night of Chinese New Year, Malaysian singles throw caution to the wind and fruit to the water.

Local lore claims that German bakers made these pastries as an act of quiet rebellion during French occupation.

Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.

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

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

The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

This Japanese energy drink contains a controversial bee secretion.

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

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

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

This Cabernet Sauvignon is out of this world.

In the Atacama Desert, brewers trap fog moisture to make crisp ales.

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

A distinctive herb named after a First Lady.

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

This Spanish city gears up for Lent with a massive meringue fight.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

Where the world's best pizzas face off.

A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”