The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

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

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

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

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

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

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

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

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

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

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

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

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.

Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

In homestyle Portuguese restaurants known as tascas, savory stewed chicken gizzards are a flavorful favorite.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.