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Biscuits With Mice
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Biscuits With Mice

After the birth of a child, Dutch families celebrate with a sweet and colorful treat.
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Ramos Gin Fizz
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Ramos Gin Fizz

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 
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Lemon Stick
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Lemon Stick

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.
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Polkagris
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Polkagris

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
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Bouye
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Bouye

Juice from the Baobab tree “tastes like sunshine” and treats dysentery.
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Scrambled Brains ’n’ Eggs
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Scrambled Brains ’n’ Eggs

This savory Southern staple is disappearing.
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Ice Cream Fork
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Ice Cream Fork

A relic from the era of highly specialized cutlery.
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Maple Creemee
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Maple Creemee

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.
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Blaa Bread
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Blaa Bread

This adaption of French refugee bread is now a protected Irish specialty.
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Zoiglbier
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Zoiglbier

In medieval Germany, drinkers followed a star to local lager.
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Wasabi Ice Cream
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Wasabi Ice Cream

The cure and cause of a burning tongue.
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Molcajete
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Molcajete

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.
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Bánh Pía
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Bánh Pía

This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.
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Api Morado
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Api Morado

Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.
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Chicha Morada
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Chicha Morada

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
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Fruit Sando
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Fruit Sando

Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.
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Túró Rudi
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Túró Rudi

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.
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Shoofly Pie
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Shoofly Pie

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.
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Café Touba
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Café Touba

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

A taste of home for Manitobans.
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Pine Cone Preserves
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Pine Cone Preserves

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.
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St. Louis-Style Pizza
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St. Louis-Style Pizza

With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.
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Needhams
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Needhams

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?
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Bolo Lêvedo
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Bolo Lêvedo

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