Food

It's not true that Wagyū cattle are specially treated, massaged and given sake or beer mash during breeding.

The first pizzeria was opened in 1830 in Naples.

About 7 percent of potatoes grown in the US end up on consumer’s tables in the form of French fries.

When a bee collects sugar-rich nectar, it sucks it out using a trumpet (a tube inside which is a mobile, flexible tongue) and places it in a storage sack (crop), which is separated from the honey stomach by a foregut, known as a valve.

World Chocolate Day is celebrated on June 7th.

The methods of making maple syrup, though improved over the centuries, have remained the same.

The cheese to be matured is placed in a round stainless steel mold, which is tightly closed with a spring-loaded buckle so that the cheese keeps its shape.

Stuffed churros can be found in South America.

In Europe, the largest producers of tomato juice are Italy and Spain.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the great colonial powers began cultivating coffee in their colonies.