Pivotal to the culture and cuisine of Brazil's Baniwa people, this piquant pepper-and-salt seasoning now provides the community with sustainable income.

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.

This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.

This ceremonial Mayan brew has evolved into a sweet, smoky spirit in the Chiapas highlands.

A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.

The Colombian government declared war on this once-ubiquitous drink.

This Denver specialty, a hybrid of Mexican and American cuisine, is peak comfort food.

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

This steamy concoction features a salty, melted surprise at the bottom of the mug: white cheese.

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

Pounded water beetles are this spicy condiment's main ingredient.

The most venerated cheese curl in the world. 

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

A Finnish city specializes in sausages housed in sugar-dusted doughnuts.

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

This pollen-based candy comes from the marshes of southern Iraq.

This wild fruit helps man and beast survive long treks without water in the Kalahari desert.

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.