Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.

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

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

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

A Lapland delicacy, this tender meat gets drizzled in sweet lingonberry syrup.

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

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

From hulking plains creatures comes a delicate, nutty cheese.

This old-school Italian dish comes in a rich and savory wrapper.

Its deep-fried crust is part of a longstanding Neapolitan tradition.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

Fermenting raw durian is a better idea than you thought.

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

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

Binghamton celebrates its sandwich of marinated meat cubes at a yearly hot air balloon festival.

This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

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

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.

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