It's the middle ground between a chicken and an egg -- a delicacy in many parts of the world including China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

While wine almost inevitably ends up in a glass before reaching your lips, how would you feel about drinking your beer from a bottle that more closely resembles a single-serving milk carton in its shape and size?

At some of the world's most memorable museums, food is actually the focus. From the new gelato museum opening in Emilia Romagna this September to a 25-year-old Korean kimchi academy, there are entire institutions dedicated to locals' singular gastronomic obsessions.

It seems a recent article in Scientific American Mind suggests that hitting the sauce does not kill brain cells, but can damage them -- particularly in the cerebellum.