With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

A greasy crossroads of history and culture.

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

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

In Michigan's Downriver region, a few churches are maintaining a fading Lenten tradition.

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

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.