Food

Monday, 2 February 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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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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Hot dog

The Germans claim hot dogs were invented in Frankfurt am Main in 1487.

The third version of the hot dog origin says of the German butcher Johann Georghehner, who, supposed ...

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Maple syrup

Maple syrup is made from the sap of maple trees.

Mainly three species of maple are used for production: sugar maple (Acer saccharum), black maple (Ac ...

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Parmesan

After a year of aging, the matured Parmesan is subjected to quality control.

It is tapped with a hammer to check the sound that comes from inside the cheese. The sound tells the ...

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Mozzarella

It is difficult to determine when mozzarella began to be made. Surely the production of this cheese has a long history.

History says that the Romans already in the second half of the 1st century BC were the first in the ...

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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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Kombucha

Kombucha is a beverage made from sweetened tea fermented by a so-called tea mushroom.

This mushroom is also called Japanese mushroom or SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeasts). It is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.

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Halva

Followers of a raw food diet crave raw halva, made with raw ingredients–tahini, almonds, agave nectar, and salt, mixed and frozen until firm.

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Cheddar

It is the most popular cheese in the UK.

In the US, it ranks second just behind mozzarella.

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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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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 ...