This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

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

When faced with less-than-optimal ingredients, Swedes and Norwegians once clarified their brews with eggs.

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.

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

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

Deep-fried pork intestines make a crispy, salty snack on the streets of Cebu City.

In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, political satire entered the local deli.

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

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

In Tibet, sweet mac and yak cheese makes a hearty dessert.

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

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

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

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

In Turkey, drinkers head off hangovers with creamy tripe soup.

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.

When half of Barbados’s national dish migrated across maritime borders, drama ensued.

Scandinavia has a long history of stretching flour supplies with tree bark.