Bread sauce, a sauce made with milk, breadcrumbs and spices, is a staple at traditional Christmas dinners in England. WikiCommons hide caption

Howard Chandler Christy's painting Halloween, as reproduced in Scribner's in January 1916. Wikimedia Commons hide caption

Improbably, a girl finds strawberries in the snow to feed her stepmother in The Three Little Men in the Woods. Arthur Rackham, Little Brother and Little Sister and other Tales by the Brothers Grimm hide caption

There's evidence the first Olympic athletes ate cheesecake, but it probably looked a lot different than this. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Steve Inskeep displays his "bric," a fried pastry containing runny egg and canned tuna. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption

Birdseye's original multiplate freezing machine froze food fast — the secret to maintaining fresh flavor USPTO hide caption

The pudding's dark glossy dome is flamed with brandy and carried to the table before the shimmering blue aura dies away. Chris Elwell/iStockphoto.com hide caption

A drawing of a medieval pie baker, circa 1465-1475. Courtesy of Institut für Realienkunde hide caption