Foods Ell Hughes Wants to Try

An unusual combination of marshmallows and spice make this screamingly good burger.

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

A carb-lover's dream, this sandwich gets stuffed with flaky pie crust.

In this tangy treat, no part of the citrus is left behind.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

This sugar-soaked South Asian sweet isn’t your basic bread pudding.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

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

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

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

The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.