For many immigrants, making yogurt offers an inimitable taste of home.

Nutella's squat, oddly shaped jar has become a culinary icon across the globe, thanks to the rich and creamy chocolate-and-hazelnut spread housed within. While the marriage of chocolate and hazelnut may seem as natural as that of salt and pepper or bread and butter, its origin story isn't nearly so simple.

From cash crop to movie theaters to microwaves and beyond, nothing can stop the appeal of popped corn.