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Mrs Marshall's Cookery Book, published in 1888, endorsed serving ice cream in cones, but the idea definitely predated that. Agnes Marsh...

As early as the 19th century, scientists knew that an elephant-like creature called a mammoth once roamed the forests of Siberia and oth...

Nowadays, most of the olives we eat come from Spain or Italy . However, the origin of the olive tree is found in the Middle East, where it w...

Why is the sea coconut (coco de mer) considered the largest seed in the world? Sea coconut grows on palm trees found only in the Seyc...

THE BENEFITS OF A CHOCOLATE BAR A large number of scientific studies have shown that chocolate has many benefits for our body : it red...

Oxford physiologist Bernard Gesch has a peace-keeping suggestion: feed criminals a balanced diet. He and his colleagues gave vitamin su...

Pre-Columbian Mexican cultures already had a deep-rooted concept of healthy eating. Their meals were high in fiber, which included an extra...

   The Osage orange is a common tree in parts of the United States. Farmers used to plant hedges of it on their farms. This tree bears fr...

   The people of every land have their own kinds of bread. But all bread is alike in one way. It is made of flour and a liquid. The flour...

   Parsley In modern cooking, parsley is mainly a flavoring and decorative herb. Sprigs of its leaves give a delicate taste and a lacy, gr...

   The curry is a pungent mixture of dried, ground spices used to flavor soups, sauces, lamb, shrimp, fish, and other foods. A curry may...

   Dehydration of food is a method of preserving foods by removing large amounts of water from them. Drying is probably the oldest method...

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. -Jim Davis The second day of a diet is always eas...

   The pomegranate tree has been known to man for thousands of years. It is a tree or tall shrub that grows only in tropical or semitropic...

   The fig is an edible fruit of a tropical tree that belongs to the same family as the mulberry, nettle, and india-rubber tree. The fig i...

   Lettuce is probably the most important salad plant grown in America. In most lettuce plants, the leaves are the edible part. Some lettuce...

   The Roquefort is a strong-tasting cheese made from sheep's milk to which one of the blue or blue-green Penicillium molds has been ad...

   Pepper is the name for several plants and products. The best known is black pepper, a spice for flavoring food. It comes from a tropical ...

   Recipes for bread, cake, and cookies all call for flour. In the United States, if the recipe says simply "flour," it is sure to...

   An onion is a bienniel herb related to the lily. The bulbs are used as vegetables and for flavoring other foods. A chemical, allyl sulfid...