Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.

The key to this colorful holiday sandwich is extra-crispy pork skin.

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.

Beneath its "cover-up" of icing, this dessert hides a bunch of nuts.

At Danish birthday parties, you can have your cake and decapitate it, too.

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.

A buttery Southern specialty inspired by 19th-century seaside cookouts.

The mellow-buzz brew that once fueled Native Americans is making a comeback.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Adding juniper ash to this traditional Navajo dish gives it as much calcium as a glass of milk.

Worlds collide in this braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

Inside a hard, yellow shell lies a sweet, black spread.

Devour this rare variety without fear of post-pineapple mouth irritation.

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.