Foods hiImWhitney Wants to Try

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

Northeast Indian markets sell this glittery, sour fruit in bags with salt chasers.

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

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

A Thunder Bay bakery misnamed this berry-frosted cinnamon bun after General John Pershing.

Take the name of this street treat literally.

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.

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

At last, a street snack that brings together Doritos, veggies, pickled pig skin, and gummies.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

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

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.