Food

Thursday, 11 June 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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Pizza

Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world.

Over five billion pizzas are consumed every year around the world.

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Kimchi

Kimchi comprises salted and fermented vegetables.

The base of the most common kimchi includes various types of cabbages and radishes.

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Coffee

The name “coffee” probably comes from the Arabic “kahwa” or Turkish “kahve,” although the etymology is not precisely known.

A second likely etymology of the word “coffee” is the name of the Ethiopian city of Kaffa (now Kefa) ...

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Sushi

Sushi is among the healthiest foods.

It is packed with Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, iodine, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, iron, and magnesium.

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Chocolate

The cocoa nibs, mainly the seeds, are ground into cocoa mass, also known as cocoa crumbs or cocoa liquor.

Cocoa mass produces cocoa butter containing about 55% fat and cocoa powder containing about 25% fat. ...

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Coffee

Coffee is grown in more than 70 regions in the tropical zone between the northern tropic of Cancer and the southern tropic of Capricorn.

Seeds of the best quality are selected for cultivation–they come from trees between 8-15 years old. ...

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Chocolate

There are several basic types of chocolate, depending on the cocoa liquor content and, since 2017, also the cocoa variety from which it was made.

These types include dark chocolate - consists of cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and sugar. It contain ...

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Sushi

International Sushi Day is celebrated on June 18th worldwide.

Sushi has been gaining popularity around the world since the 1960s and nowadays is one of the most favored dishes.

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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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Sushi

The popularity of sushi in Japan may have been associated with Buddhism.

Buddhism was imported in the 6th century AD, and quickly became one of the major religions. One of the rules of Buddhism was to restrain from eating meat, and fish was not counted as such.

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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 ...