Foods pipeafcr Has Tried

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.

During Lent in Venezuela, the world's largest rodent becomes a “fish.”

This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

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

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

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

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

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

A sweet, warm cocktail to chase away the chill of Andean nights.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

You might not even see the meat beneath this pile of potato chips, sauce, and quail eggs.

There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.

The cool Colombian treat blends shaved ice with syrup, fruit, and anything from wafer cookies to cheese.

The Ecuadorian cure for a hangover is beef tripe stew.

Relatively unknown outside South America, the tart, tomato-like fruit makes beloved juices and cocktails.

In Ubaté, Colombia, hens get cooked with their unlaid eggs inside.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.