In South Africa, women transform a tart fruit into a celebrated sour brew.

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

Once the bugs have moved on, termite towers can be used for outdoor bread baking.

This Cape Town sandwich is as extravagant as a certain literary character.

A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."

The intoxicating South African fruit is beloved by humans and elephants.

The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.

This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

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

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

The adorable amphibian treats are South Australian icons.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

The most venerated cheese curl in the world. 

The vineyards of Mount Vesuvius still produce the same wines enjoyed by the ancient Romans.