Food

World Chocolate Day is celebrated on June 7th.

Chocolate spread all over the world is a steadily growing global business worth $50 billion a year.

Kimchi comprises salted and fermented vegetables.

Dr. Navindra P. Seeram, an American professor who studies medicinal plants and their natural derivatives, said: “I continue to say that nature is the best chemist, and that maple syrup is becoming a champion food when it comes to the number and variety of beneficial compounds found in it.”

The word kimchi comes from the Chinese chimchae, meaning salted vegetables.

Kimchi has a positive effect on the heart, lowering cholesterol and sugar levels.

Sheep's milk mozzarella, sometimes called "mozzarella pecorella", is typical of Sardinia, Abruzzo and Lazio, where it is also called "mozzapecora".

The key ingredients of kimchi are napa cabbage, radish, carrot, garlic, chili pepper, onion, ginger, pepper, mustard, watercress, salt and sugar, sometimes accompanied by salted shrimp, anchovies or other seafood.

In order to extract sap from a maple tree, it must be around 30 to 40 years old.

Because of the number of vitamins and minerals, sushi possesses great health benefits.