Coined about 1930, the popular Greek dish moussaka consists of layers of seasoned ground lamb and eggplant, and is usually topped with a custard or cheese sauce and baked.
In cooking, the term chiffonade means to slice into very thin strips or shreds. Literally translated from French, chiffonade means "made of rags."
Consumers spend more than $7 billion a year on chocolate.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. In old England, when customers became unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own "pints and quarts" and settle down. From that, we got the abbreviated phrase "mind your P's and Q's."
Cooking and freezing do not diminish the heat of a chile pepper.
Dairy products account for 29 percent of all food consumed in the United States.
Arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Argentineans eat more meat than any other nation in the world — an average of 10 ounces per person per day.
Artichokes are actually flower buds and need to be treated like flowers. They should be kept cold and misted so they don't dehydrate.
As indicated by its Hawaiian name, mahimahi are found in Hawaiian waters, as well as along the Atlantic Coast — mainly in Florida — and along the Pacific coast all the way down to South America. Mahimahi grow as large as 50 pounds, but most fish sold in U.S. stores average between 5 and 10 pounds.
As many as 50 gallons of maple sap are needed to make a single gallon of maple sugar
Asparagus is a member of the Lily family. The name "asparagus" comes from the Greek language and means "sprout" or "shoot."
At an extravagant party during the reign of William III, the Hon. Edward Russel, captain general of the English forces, used the fountain in his garden as a giant punch bowl for mixing his drinks. The recipe included 560 gallons of brandy, 1,300 pounds of sugar, 25,000 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg. Russel's bartender rowed about in a small boat, filling up the punch cups for the awed guests.
Avoid keeping chocolate too cold. If stored at temperatures below 55 degrees F, chocolate will sweat when brought to room temperature too quickly.
Baby food sales are booming in Japan. A sardine dish is Gerber's top seller in Japan, even though the company doesn't sell a single fish-based product in the U.S.
Baked beans are an extremely popular dish in Great Britain. The British, according to records, consume twice as much baked beans per capita as do the Americans.
In France, chocolate was initially met with skepticism and was considered a barbarous, noxious drug. The French court accepted chocolate after the Paris faculty of medicine gave its approval.
In general, Italian brands of pasta are thicker than their American counterparts.
Danish pastry in Denmark is known as Vienna bread — Wienerbrod, in Danish
In her 1985 autobiography, "Elvis and Me," Priscilla Presley recalled the lack of dining etiquette of Elvis's buddies when she was the teenage bride of "The King": "Elvis's father, Vernon, resented the regulars acting as if Graceland was their personal club. They'd go into the kitchen at any hour and order anything they wanted. Naturally, everyone ordered something different. The cooks worked night and day keeping them happy... What was really outrageous was that the regulars were ordering sirloin steaks or prime ribs while Elvis usually ate hamburgers or peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I wasn't too popular around Graceland when I started reorganizing the kitchen. I set down a policy of having one menu per meal, and anyone who didn't like what was on it could go to a local restaurant."
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