In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

With this Dutch liqueur, you can now drink licorice.

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

Some fish can dance.

These dark fried milk balls are flecked with gold and dipped in scented syrup.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

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

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

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

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

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

This melting-pot munchie combines fries, shawarma, melted cheese, garlic sauce, and spicy sambal.