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Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.

For a brief seasonal window in Spain, snails go from dreaded pests to coveted tapas.

This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling.

Grilled cow udder is a Chilean specialty that tastes a bit like tongue.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.