This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

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

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

Drooling over this nutty spiced dessert is a heretical move.

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

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

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

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

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

Flavoring everything from dumplings to mochi, this sweet and salty paste shows another side to edamame.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.

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