In Venezuela, traditional Christmas bread marries ham, raisins, and olives.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

A dark soda with a dark history.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

This Sicilian sheep's milk cheese is colored with saffron and studded with black peppercorns.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.

The ancestral soup of the Q’eqchi’ Maya packs heat and history.

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.