Local lore claims that German bakers made these pastries as an act of quiet rebellion during French occupation.

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.

A carb-lover's dream, this sandwich gets stuffed with flaky pie crust.

Every November, wasp-based dishes create quite a buzz in a Japanese village.

The biggest edible mushroom in the world is also delicious.

This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.

In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.

Authentic renditions of this Vietnamese noodle dish rely on the terroir of a single coastal city.

On Sham el-Nessim, Egyptians celebrate spring by gathering around picnic spreads of fermented fish.

It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.

This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.

A Finnish city specializes in sausages housed in sugar-dusted doughnuts.

The story of the golf tournament’s signature snack is one of secret recipes and controversial updates.

This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.

Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.

Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.

Sardinia may be home to the oldest style of cheese.

North Carolina's seasonal delicacy is brought to you by algae.

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.

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

At 8,000 feet above sea level, glacial irrigation produces a unique heirloom grain.

In Murray Bridge, South Australia, the path to pastry glory is paved with a curious sandwich.