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Thursday, 11 June 2026
15 facts about french fries
15 facts about french fries
Not so French after all
It is not known where the fries come from. Some say from France, others, Belgium. Whatever the truth, one thing is certain–they are delicious, and pro ...

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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.
Pizza
The most expensive pizza, the Louis XIII, costs US$12,000.
The dough, which requires 72 hours to prepare, is made with organic Arabian flour, sprinkled with Mu ...
Beer
Beer was a very common beverage back in ancient times.
Beer is mentioned in early ancient Egypt records. It appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Me ...
Parmesan
Parmesan is a hard rennet type cheese, made from semi-skimmed cow's milk and aged for at least twelve months.
Rennet cheeses are a type of cheese made by denaturing milk with rennet (a digestive enzyme). Rennet ...
Wagyū Beef
Although it is very difficult to find purebred Wagyū cattle outside of Japan, it is even more difficult to find genuine beef in the trade.
Dishonest sellers use many tricks to disguise the dubious origin of the meat they sell and make a fo ...
Honey
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.
The crop of a typical honey bee contains about 40 mg of nectar, or about 50 percent of the bee’s une ...
Kombucha
Tea mushroom has a gelatinous structure with a white or light orange color.
It is formed by many species of bacteria and yeast present in a uniform culture. The quantitative an ...
Churro
Selling churros is an annual lucrative business for Disneyland.
Disneyland’s theme parks offer special 12-inch churros coated with cinnamon sugar, the popularity of which translates into sales of nearly 3 million per year.
Beer
Its continuous popularity makes it the world's third most commonly drunk beverage.
Only water and tea are consumed more often.
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 ...