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The French wedding cake.

Sweets

Croquembouche

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Most Texas sheet cakes come topped with pecans.

Sweets

Texas Sheet Cake

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

T'tu Lavash

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T'tu Lavash

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

Boston Baked Beans

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Boston Baked Beans

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Necco Wafers

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Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Salzburger Nockerl

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Salzburger Nockerl

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

Motiv Zuckerl

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Motiv Zuckerl

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

Mozartkugel

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Mozartkugel

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

Springerle

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Springerle

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

Eton Mess

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Eton Mess

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

Watergate Salad

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Watergate Salad

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

Financiers

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Financiers

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

Choose between a plastic spoon and a wafer to scoop up the dripping gelato.

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Brioche con Gelato

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Kouign-Amann

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Kouign-Amann

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

Doberge Cake

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Doberge Cake

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.

A set of picklebacks with extra pickle flavor.

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Pickleback

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.

All hail Cel-Ray.

Drinks

Cel-Ray

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

Pilsner poured mlíko style.

Drinks

Mlíko

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

Brennivín

Drinks

Brennivín

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?

Once grapes freeze on the vine, there's only a narrow window of time to press them.

Drinks

Ice Wine

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

Cynar

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Cynar

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

Rabarbaro

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Rabarbaro

Chinese rhubarb imparts an organic smoky aroma to this Italian amaro.

Rows on rows of Autocrat, a coffee syrup made by a top producer of the stuff.

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Coffee Milk

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

A brain sandwich from the Hilltop Inn in Evansville, Indiana.

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Fried Brain Sandwich

Only a handful of restaurants still serve the retro Midwestern meal.

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