This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.

The Peruvian pepper tastes like spicy citrus.

All is fare in the Korean War.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

These gigantic clay pots are the secret to Georgia's unusual wine.

Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.

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

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.

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

When soaked and blended with water, the tigernut creates a nutritious nondairy beverage.

You put the grater in the coconut...

A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.

Bees get a lift from helicopters in order to produce this spicy honey.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.