The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

So sweet you forget to cry.

Don't think too hard about the name.

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.

Made with reindeer meat and topped with Coca-Cola-glazed onions, this snack once drew lines down the block in Anchorage.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

Economists use this cheesy bread as a metric for cost of living between Georgian cities.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

A sundae with a surprising mix of flavors that reflect Filipino history.

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

Some fish can dance.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.