Food

Tuesday, 11 August 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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Churro

Churros are part of various public events, such as the Festival of Fire in Valencia.

Las Fallas de Valencia is an annual festival held in March, which is historically associated with th ...

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Pizza

Dishes similar to pizza were known in antiquity.

There are records of Persian soldiers in the 6th century BC and ancient Greeks, who baked flatbreads with added cheese, herbs, and dates.

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Coffee

In Salzburg, the first café was opened in 1703 and the café still exists today.

It is called Café Tomaselli and is the oldest café still in existence in Western Europe.It was frequ ...

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Kombucha

From China, kombucha made its way to Japan (between 250 and 538).

A Korean doctor who reached Japan is believed to have cured the digestive problems of the emperor at the time with tea fermented with a special mushroom.

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Maple syrup

Such syrup is ready to eat, but it can also be a raw material for the production of maple sugar, maple butter, and maple candy.

The farms producing maple syrup are called sugarbush. The building in which the water is evaporated ...

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Sushi

Narezushi is served nowadays in certain Japanese Prefectures and is characterized by a very distinguished aroma.

It is not a popular dish, however, since the smell is very intense.

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Kimchi

Kimchi is a wealth of nutrients.

There are many vitamins in fermented napa cabbage (mainly A, C and B) as well as at least 10 different minerals and over 34 amino acids.

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Pizza

A deep-fried pizza, instead of being baked, was invented in Scotland and is popular in Glasgow and Fife.

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Honey

Honey is also obtained industrially, but then we are dealing with artificial honey.

It is obtained by decomposing complex sugars (usually from potato syrup) sucrose or isoglucose (high ...

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Sushi

Restaurants worldwide typically offer six forms of sushi.

They are: Nigiri–molded vinegared rice, topped with a raw slice of fish; Sashimi (meaning pierced o ...

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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 ...