These buns from South Africa's Cape Winelands are traditionally leavened with the must used to make wine.

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.

A pepper so good, Hungarian immigrants carried it with them when they came to Wisconsin.

A sacred tree, a secret language, and the labor of generations of women keep an ancient tradition of salt harvesting alive.

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

In the desert of La Guajira, Colombia, locally grown cowpeas hold spiritual meaning for the Wayúu tribe.

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

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

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

This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.

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

In South Range, a decadent take on Thanksgiving dinner is served year-round.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

Egyptian pigeons are raised in special towers, then stuffed and eaten.

This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.

This beer was popular more than 3,000 years ago.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.