It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.

After a long day of skiing, you deserve caffeine, fire, and alcohol—at the same time.

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

These epic Filipino feasts feature lavish spreads and forego utensils.

Japan's traditional temple cuisine features meals that are nutritionally and visually balanced.

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

This traditional Georgian feast is characterized by lots of food, lots of wine, and lots of rules. 

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.

A medieval food fight supposedly inspired this annual competition.

An ardent celebration of a humble source of protein.

England's annual event features relays, trebuchets, and Russian egg roulette.

Why throw old cakes away when you can launch them by hand, slingshot, or cannon?

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.

The townspeople of Coxheath have been hurling pies at one another since 1967.

These spud showdowns are highly-anticipated events at tuber-focused festivals in the United States.

What better way to celebrate Shrove Tuesday than to run with a pancake-laden skillet?

West Virginia's annual competition features the likes of squirrel gravy over biscuits and snapping turtle stew.

This French marathon has regular stops for wine, cheese, and oysters.