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Sweet and Savory

Ariston

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

Kolache Shoppe

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

Brooklyn, New York

Paloma the Bakery

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

Somerville, Massachusetts

Yafa Bakery & Café

Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.

Tsakoniki Melitzana

This sweet, slender eggplant grows only in a Greek valley.

Saskatoon Berry Perogies

When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.

Little Czech Bakery

Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Ripe peanut butter fruit growing in the summer.

Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

French-Fried Turkey Breast

In South Range, a decadent take on Thanksgiving dinner is served year-round.

Los Angeles, California

Wat Thai Temple Food Market

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

New Mexican Sundae

Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.

Skewered gohei mochi.

Hebo Matsuri

Every November, wasp-based dishes create quite a buzz in a Japanese village.

Āsh-e Miveh

A sweet-and-sour fruit soup from Iran makes for a comforting one-pot meal.

Fatafat

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.

Pigeon Pastilla

This sweet-and-savory Moroccan meat pie can be tough to track down.

Plastic Chutney

Don’t be fooled by the name of this Bengali relish.

Frog Eye Salad

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.

You can gnaw, but you better not bite.

Pequi

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.