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Gata

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Gata

Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.

The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.

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Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

Flæskesteg Sandwich

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Flæskesteg Sandwich

The key to this colorful holiday sandwich is extra-crispy pork skin.

Dancing Shrimp

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Dancing Shrimp

Thai street vendors serve this spicy seafood while it's still moving.

A bowl of chitlins.

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Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

Livermush

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Livermush

North Carolina's “poor man’s pâté” is rich in flavor.

Tuslob Buwa

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Tuslob Buwa

On the streets of Cebu City, strangers share bubbling woks of pork brain gravy.

West Indies Salad

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West Indies Salad

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.

Springerle

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Springerle

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

Sonoran Hot Dog

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Sonoran Hot Dog

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

The fermented meat of a Greenland shark.

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Hákarl

Iceland's fermented, dried shark smells like urine and can taste like strong cheese.

Samichlaus

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Samichlaus

This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.

Southern Jutland Coffee Table

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Southern Jutland Coffee Table

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

Chop Suey Sandwich

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Chop Suey Sandwich

In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.

Fool's Gold Loaf

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Fool's Gold Loaf

Elvis Presley once flew across the country to eat this decadent Denver sandwich.

Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout

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Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout

What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.

Peppermint Pig

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Peppermint Pig

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

A standard photo op involves thrusting your candy into the snow.

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Kvikk Lunsj

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

Turkey Joints

Sweets

Turkey Joints

These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.

Pegu Club Cocktail

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Pegu Club Cocktail

A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.

Muratina

Drinks

Muratina

This crisp, sour Kenyan brew is made by fermenting the “sausage” fruit.

Saint Agatha's Breasts

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Saint Agatha's Breasts

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

Broasted Chicken

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Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Chicken Bones

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Chicken Bones

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

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