Food

Tuesday, 20 January 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

In the 17th and 18th centuries, apart from maple syrup, sugar was also produced from maple juice.

In the 19th century, during the Civil War, maple sugar was replaced by cane sugar, which began to do ...

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Beer

The most popular top-fermented beers include Ale, Porter, Stout, Belgian Ale, Kölsch, or Alt.

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Mozzarella

Initially, mozzarella was made from sheep's milk.

When buffalo breeding spread in Italy in the Middle Ages, they were valued mainly for their strength ...

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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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Cheddar

Joseph Harding is considered the father of today's cheddar.

A master dairyman in the 19th century, he made great efforts to standardize and modernize cheese mak ...

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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 ...

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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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Chocolate

Chocolate is harmful to many animals.

Dogs, cats, horses, and parrots are unable to metabolize the alkaloid theobromine contained in choco ...

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Wagyū Beef

There are about two million purebred Wagyū cows in the world.

96% of them are in Japan, most of the remaining are bred in Australia.

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Coffee

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the great colonial powers began cultivating coffee in their colonies.

The Netherlands established coffee plantations in Ceylon in 1658, later expanding cultivation to Jav ...

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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 ...