This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

Don't think too hard about the name.

We can thank coconuts for this lesser-known tropical moonshine.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

A sweet regional alternative to the maple kind.

The casserole with a person's name.

This pollen-based candy comes from the marshes of southern Iraq.

A circle of South Dakota towns specializes in these fried meat cubes.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

These UFO-shaped sandwiches debuted at the Seattle World's Fair.

Sauce that can preserve stew for days—no fridge needed.

In medieval Germany, drinkers followed a star to local lager.

It's not Icelandic Christmas without two sodas in one cup.

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."