Food

Friday, 16 January 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

The first coffee plantations in Brazil were established in 1719.

The Portuguese stole coffee seedlings from Guyana and established plantations in Brazil, making coff ...

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Kombucha

Kombucha is attributed with many medicinal values.

The drink has a positive effect on the intestinal bacterial flora.

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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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French fries

In North America (the US and Canada), fries are referred to as “fries.” The rest of the English-speaking world calls them “chips.”

The term chips is used in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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Mozzarella

Mozzarella di bufala is traditionally made exclusively from the milk of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo. (Bufala Mediterranea Italiana).

It is the Italian breed of water buffalos (Bubalus bubalis), also called domestic buffalos or Asian ...

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Eggs

One of the delicacies of Asian cuisine, mainly Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, and Chinese, is balut.

These are boiled eggs, usually duck eggs, with the embryo fully formed.

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Maple syrup

The first evaporator for heating and thickening maple sap was patented in 1858.

This evaporator has been repeatedly improved to speed up the evaporation process. The following year ...

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Maple syrup

100 g of maple syrup provides 260 kcal and consists of 32% water and 67% carbohydrates (90% of which are sugars).

The sugar found in maple syrup is sucrose and small amounts of glucose and fructose.

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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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Pizza

It found its way to North America with Italian immigrants in the 1800s.

Italian immigrants brought their dish along, but it was not incorporated into American cuisine strai ...

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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 ...