Food

Tuesday, 13 October 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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Eggs

In ancient Rome, meals often began with egg dishes.

The Romans knew many ways to preserve eggs. In the Middle Ages, eating eggs was forbidden during Len ...

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Honey

Honey is also obtained industrially, but then we are dealing with artificial honey.

It is obtained by decomposing complex sugars (usually from potato syrup) sucrose or isoglucose (high ...

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Maple syrup

The Algonquins of the Ottawa River in southern Quebec treated maple juice as a nutritious energy drink.

In early spring, they used stone tools to make V-shaped incisions in maple trunks. Then they placed ...

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Pizza

A deep-fried pizza, instead of being baked, was invented in Scotland and is popular in Glasgow and Fife.

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Honey

Mead has been made and consumed since the Middle Ages in Lithuania and Poland.

It is a traditional alcoholic beverage created by fermenting the wort of bee honey, usually lime hon ...

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Wagyū Beef

There are about two million purebred Wagyū cows in the world.

96% of them are in Japan, most of the remaining are bred in Australia.

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Parmesan

A special knife is used to cut parmesan cheese.

It is a knife with a round wooden handle and a drop-shaped blade. It is used to break the hard chees ...

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Beer

Beer has its own holiday, which is celebrated on the first Friday of August.

International Beer and Brewers Day was established by Canadians in 2007.

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Hot dog

Hot dogs were served to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by the U.S. President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The King and Queen of England visited the U.S. in 1939. President Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, h ...

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Parmesan

After a year of aging, the matured Parmesan is subjected to quality control.

It is tapped with a hammer to check the sound that comes from inside the cheese. The sound tells the ...

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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 ...