These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.

A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Snap judgments may spell trouble for what was once the king of California apricots.