Batches of this Scottish flavor get a bagpipe escort into the parlor.

At this annual event, the bitter sweet enhances everything from sausages to pies to clothing.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The way to celebrate unmarried Danes’ 25th and 30th birthdays is to attack them with spices.

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

A very non-vegan dish inspired this vegan chocolate.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Wealthy Victorians liked to flaunt their condiments.

Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

A bloody good candy bar.

Outside Rome, a tranquil abbey turns eucalyptus into liqueur.

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

These “holy bones” taste like heaven.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

Created during a cocoa shortage, the grain-based “chocolate” bar became an Estonian classic.