Costa Rica's iconic ice cream tub contains indescribably addictive cookies.

This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.

This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

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

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

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

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

Iceland's fermented, dried shark smells like urine and can taste like strong cheese.