For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne.

This is Siberia's sashimi, a simple delicacy born in one of the world’s coldest climes.

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

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

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

This grill defined a new breed of pirates.

“To die dreaming” tastes like an orange creamsicle.

Why not fry a year-old leaf?

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

This Borneo specialty tastes like olives, carrots, and brie cheese—if you know how to prepare it.

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

In the Colonial era, a red-hot iron rod warmed drinks, ignited cannons, and cauterized wounds.

No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

This Sicilian sheep's milk cheese is colored with saffron and studded with black peppercorns.

Raw, steamed, or fried, these satchels of fish semen are creamy delicacies.

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.