Food

Tuesday, 10 March 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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Coffee

There are two methods of extracting coffee beans from the fruit.

One is the wet method, in which the coffee fruit goes into a water-mill-like machine. There they are ...

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Eggs

The egg is the largest single animal cell.

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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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Cheddar

Cheddar is native to the United Kingdom.

It took its name from the village of Cheddar in the county of Somerset in southwest England. It was ...

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Parmesan

Parmigiano Reggiano is the most imitated Italian cheese in the world.

The phenomenon of counterfeiting is widespread in the United States, the first non-EU market for thi ...

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Coffee

Coffee fruits were used as early as the 1st century BC in Ethiopia.

Coffee was likely discovered by the Oromo people living in Ethiopia’s Kaffa region, harvesting it fr ...

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Pizza

Apparently, the Swedish also like their pizza sweet.

Instead of pineapple, they prefer bananas. Sometimes, they sprinkle it with curry powder to add more spice.

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Wagyū Beef

Since 1997, neither cattle nor their genetic material can be exported outside Japan.

The Japanese government has declared Wagyu a national treasure. Prior to the legislation, some 225 s ...

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Cheddar

In the U.S., most cheddar is produced in the state of Wisconsin.

Smaller but also important production centers are California, Idaho, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.

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Sushi

The first type of sushi was nare-zushi.

It was a combination of fermented rice with preserved fish, which was partially fermented and partia ...

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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 ...