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This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

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

In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar ’n’ spice in one heady brew.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

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

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

This shape-shifting bread has kept its traditional name, but continued to reinvent itself with changing times.

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

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

The fairest and rarest of them all.

Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.