This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.

Coke spiked with aromatic spirits of ammonia was once used to treat everything from hangovers to indigestion.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.