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

Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.

This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.

These savory pastries come from Lithuania's Karaim minority.

The original cheeseburger, hold the beef patty.

Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.

This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian.

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.

This century-old New Orleans treat is still sold from a mule-drawn cart.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

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

An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

In the desert of La Guajira, Colombia, locally grown cowpeas hold spiritual meaning for the Wayúu tribe.

This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.

A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.