Foods katemonkey Wants to Try

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

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

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

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

This sweet sandwich celebrates Georgia's favorite crop.

A Depression-era patty filler paved the way for an Oklahoma favorite.

This steamy concoction features a salty, melted surprise at the bottom of the mug: white cheese.

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.

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

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

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

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.

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

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

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.

A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.