The dessert that's also a meal.

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

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

These cheese balls have fueled Central Asian nomads for centuries.

A bloody good candy bar.

Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.

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

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

Russian Mardi Gras features blinis, fistfights, and burning effigies.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.

In this island town, stew gets cooked by volcano.

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

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Once a delicacy limited to the wealthy, smoked horse meat sausage is now a centerpiece at many Kazakh feasts.