Food

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

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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Maple syrup

Maple juice is harvested in the spring.

Already in early spring, the sap begins to flow abundantly through the trees. Before vegetation begi ...

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Halva

Halva is a traditional fastidious dish among Greek Orthodox Christians.

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Cheesecake

The spread of the Roman Empire brought cheesecake to more and more distant territories.

Subsequent nations took over the recipe, modifying it and adapting it to their conditions by adding ...

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Beer

The Sumerians used bread to prepare beer.

This was the simplest way to produce ancient beer, as only bread and water are required for alcoholi ...

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Eggs

The largest bird eggs come from ostriches.

An ostrich egg weighs between 1.2 and 2 kg, its length ranges from 13.3 to 17 cm, and the shell can ...

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Halva

Sunflower halva is popular in the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and Romania.

It’s made with roasted and ground sunflower seeds, instead of tahini. In the 1990s, Ukrainians produced around 4000/5000 tons of sunflower halva annually.

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Chocolate

To make chocolate products from cocoa beans, they have to go a long way.

The freshly harvested cocoa beans have an intense, sour-bitter taste. For this reason, some South Am ...

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Sushi

Because of the number of vitamins and minerals, sushi possesses great health benefits.

It is recommended for people struggling with mental problems, such as mood swings and depression. It ...

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Maple syrup

Research by Dr. Keiko Abe of the University of Tokyo has shown that maple syrup significantly improves liver function.

It has also been shown that ABA abscisic acid contained in maple syrup stimulates the release of ins ...

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Parmesan

Parmigiano Reggiano is dubbed the "king of cheeses."

Several cheeses bear this title. It is an informal title for which there is no uniform definition, b ...

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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 ...