Foods leylairoyale Wants to Try

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.

Everyone says this vintage chewing gum tastes like soap, including the company.

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

A dark soda with a dark history.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.

In Idaho, even sundaes pay tribute to the state's beloved tuber.

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

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

This is what happens when a bartender spices up a classic fisherman's coffee cocktail.

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

They grow in boxes and can cost more than $100.