Food

Monday, 17 August 2026

Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Beer

Barley provides starch, which is converted into fermentable sugars.

Many breweries replace some of the malts with unmalted raw materials with similar properties.

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Kimchi

There are two types of kimchi: seasonal and winter.

Seasonal kimchi requires vegetables available at a given time of the year.

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Halva

Sunflower halva is popular in the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and Romania.

It’s made with roasted and ground sunflower seeds, instead of tahini. In the 1990s, Ukrainians produced around 4000/5000 tons of sunflower halva annually.

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Eggs

One hen can lay up to 340 eggs a year.

It takes about a day to lay an egg. When a hen is laying an egg, she rotates it in the nest 50 times a day.

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Maple syrup

The process of obtaining maple juice has also been improved.

In 2009, scientists from the University of Vermont unveiled a new type of tap that prevents sap back ...

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Wagyū Beef

Wagyū beef is a meat native to Japan that comes from four breeds of Japanese cattle.

These breeds are Japanese Black (Kuroge Washu) Japanese Red (Akage Washu) Japanese Shorthorn (Nihon Tankaku Washu) Japanese Polled (Mukaku Washu)

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Parmesan

Parmesan is one of the most well-known and appreciated Italian cheeses, not only for its taste but also for its nutritional value.

It contains very high amounts of sodium, calcium, phosphorus, zinc and iodine. It has a lot of vitam ...

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Honey

The collected nectar or honeydew is used by the bees as food.

While foraging, bees use some of the collected nectar to support the metabolic activity of the muscl ...

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Halva

In Mesopotamia, halva was a mixture of honey and nuts.

In ancient Greece and Rome, sweets similar to halva were prepared with honey, nuts, and sesame seeds ...

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Pizza

The best cheese to use in the preparation of pizza is mozzarella.

It was scientifically proven in 2014. It is stretchy when melted, which only makes the pizza taste better.

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16 facts about Mozzarella

The most recognizable Italian cheese in the world

Mozzarella is the most recognizable and third most often bought Italian cheese, after Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. It is always associated wi ...

17 facts about Kimchi

Traditional Korean dish

Kimchi is a staple Korean delicacy, served as a side dish with almost every meal. It consists of salted and fermented vegetables, including various ca ...

10 facts about Hot dog

One of the most popular fast foods

Hot dogs are typical representatives of fast food. They are prepared swiftly and consumed even faster. Even though the fashion for eating hot dogs spr ...