In Venezuela, traditional Christmas bread marries ham, raisins, and olives.

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

At last, a street snack that brings together Doritos, veggies, pickled pig skin, and gummies.

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.

This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.

Giant logs of offal become satisfying street sandwiches in the old city of Fes.

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

In this tangy treat, no part of the citrus is left behind.

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.

This pepper's sweet taste and long, slow burn is found in a single town.

This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.

It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.

This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.

Germans turn up for a rare, pointed cabbage.

This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.

This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.

Sardinia may be home to the oldest style of cheese.

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

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.