Food

Sunday, 18 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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Kombucha

The emergence of American sweetened and carbonated beverages on the market has made kombucha or sour bread an unpopular relic.

Western corporations have succeeded, within fifty years, in completely displacing from our culture a beverage that was regularly consumed in central and eastern Europe for hundreds of years.

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Beer

The most popular bottom-fermented beers include Pilsner, Lager, Dark lager, Helles, Bock, Märzen, Baltic Porter, Black Malt, or Patent Malt.

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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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Coffee

The first mention of cappuccino dates back to 1805, describing this type of brew as coffee with cream and sugar.

The initial name “Cappuccino” was associated with the light brown color of the coffee, which was sim ...

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Tomato juice

Tomato juice has been the official beverage of the state of Ohio since 1965.

The United States is one of the largest global producers of the beverage.

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Cheesecake

The first written and preserved recipe for cheesecake dates back to 230 and is by Athenaeus of Naukratis.

Athenaeus of Naukratis is the author of the only surviving work consisting of fifteen books, the “De ...

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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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Beer

Yeast is responsible for carrying out alcoholic fermentation.

As a result of the yeast’s work, sugars contained in water are converted into ethyl alcohol. In addi ...

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Wagyū Beef

The highest yield and meat quality grade for Wagyu beef is A5, where A is the yield grade and 5 is the meat quality grade.

The basic criteria for evaluating meat are its marbling, fat content, meat color (it can't be too li ...

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Wagyū Beef

Since 1997, neither cattle nor their genetic material can be exported outside Japan.

The Japanese government has declared Wagyu a national treasure. Prior to the legislation, some 225 s ...

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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 ...