Foods vespajet Wants to Try

Finish all your Latvian peas for good luck in the New Year.

Candy makers recently resurrected this crispy Chicago confection from the graveyard of vintage sweets.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

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

These French candies originally came in seashells.

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

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

The New Orleans cocktail is part pick-me-up, part pyrotechnics show.

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

You can have your syrup and drink it, too.

Soften the chill of Northeastern winters with a spirit distilled from local maple sap.

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

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

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.

These sweet and savory Japanese rolled eggs are sold in 6-packs.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

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

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

Drinkers downed this serious cocktail while hurling heavy rings at posts in the 18th century.

This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.