Foods Xavier Wants to Try

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

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

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.

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

Who said vineyards have to grow grapes?

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

Fermenting tubers with spices, eggshells, and sugar creates a fizzy, wassail-flavored drink.

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.