St. Amand of Maastricht is the patron saint of beer and wine sellers.
Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
Haggis, a traditional Scottish dish, is made from the lungs, heart, and liver of a sheep, chopped with onions, seasonings, suet, and oatmeal, and then broiled in a bag made from the sheep's stomach.
The origin of coffee can be traced back to East Africa. Legend has it that an Ethiopian shepherd noticed that his sheep stayed awake all night after grazing on coffee cherries. When the shepherd ate them, they had the same effect on him
Strangely enough, more than one research group has found that cocoa powder contains a substance that may actually inhibit tooth decay.
Lettuce is the world's most popular green.
Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains. Potatoes, maize, squash, beans, peanuts, pineapples, chocolate, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and many others were first grown in the region.
The original name of Pepsi-Cola was Brad’s Drink.
Sugar plays more roles in jams and jellies than just sweetening the fruit. Sugar helps to preserve the fruit in jams and jellies from its ability to "tie up" water in the mixture and inhibit the growth of microorganisms and bacteria.
Lobster was so common in 18th-century Maine that it was used for fertilizer. In 19th-century Europe, oysters were the luxury food of the day, and lobster was considered a poor man's food.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state to produce coffee.
The peach is a member of the rose family and will have a sweet fragrance when ripe.
Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist (William Semple).
Louis Diat, chef de cuisine at the New York City Ritz-Carlton in the early twentieth century, named vichyssoise after a leek and potato soup from his home town in Vichy in France.
Hazelnuts are also known as filberts because in Europe folklore they are ready for harvest on August 22nd, St. Philbert's Day.
The peanut isn't a nut. It is a legume, a member of the pea family.
Summer oysters are less tasty because the oysters may be spawning. Spawning oysters are usually less sweet and sometimes have a milky appearance that makes them less appetizing.
Many restaurants in Caracas, Venezuela, offer unusual cuisine for adventurous diners, including turtle pie, shrimp mixed with tropical fruit, lapa – a small tropical boar cooked in a rich red-wine sauce, and calamares en su tinta – squid served in its ink
Herbs should be added near the end of the cooking process so you don't lose the herbs' volatile oils, which are dissipated by heat.
Sweet onions, which include Vidalias and Maui varieties, must be at least 6 percent sugar to be called "sweet."
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