Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.

A few Baltimore bakeries still serve this cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese.

Candy makers recently resurrected this crispy Chicago confection from the graveyard of vintage sweets.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.

By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.

Japan's funky, fermented sushi takes years to prepare.

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

Why not fry a year-old leaf?

These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.

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

This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

A pepper so good, Hungarian immigrants carried it with them when they came to Wisconsin.

A sacred tree, a secret language, and the labor of generations of women keep an ancient tradition of salt harvesting alive.

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.