Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.

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

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

The mellow-buzz brew that once fueled Native Americans is making a comeback.

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

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

Scandinavia has a long history of stretching flour supplies with tree bark.

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

The award-winning Finnish creation was inspired by a diss from Italy's former prime minister.

These buns from South Africa's Cape Winelands are traditionally leavened with the must used to make wine.

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

The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.

In Murray Bridge, South Australia, the path to pastry glory is paved with a curious sandwich.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

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

Elaborate bread sculptures grace these edible annual altars in Sicily and Sicilian communities abroad.

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

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.