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Hummus (/ ˈ h ʊ m ə s /, / ˈ h ʌ m ə s /; [1] [2] Arabic: حُمُّص ḥummuṣ, ' chickpeas '), also spelled hommus or houmous, is a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. [3]
List of food origins. Some foods have always been common in every continent, such as many seafood and plants. Examples of these are honey, ants, mussels, crabs and coconuts. Nikolai Vavilov initially identified the centers of origin for eight crop plants, subdividing them further into twelve groups in 1935. [ 1]
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. [ 1] An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.
Biryani ( / bɜːrˈjɑːni /) is a mixed rice dish, mainly popular in South Asia. It is made with rice, some type of meat ( chicken, goat, lamb, beef, prawn, or fish) and spices. To cater to vegetarians, in some cases, it is prepared by substituting vegetables or paneer for the meat. [ 1] Sometimes eggs and/or potatoes are also added.
A bagel ( Yiddish: בײגל, romanized : beygl; Polish: bajgiel; also spelled beigel) [ 1] is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. [ 2] Bagels are traditionally made from yeasted wheat dough that is shaped by hand into a torus or ring, briefly boiled in water, and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy ...
Food history. Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history, which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.
Borscht ( English: / ˈbɔːrʃt / ⓘ) is a sour soup, made with meat stock, vegetables and seasonings, common in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. In English, the word borscht is most often associated with the soup's variant of Ukrainian origin, made with red beetroots as one of the main ingredients, which give the dish its distinctive red color.
Other languages do offer hints of European influence, however, for example Navajo: bááh dah díníilghaazhh "bread that bubbles" (i.e. in fat), where "bááh" is a borrowing from Spanish: pan for flour and yeast bread, as opposed to the older Navajo: łeesʼáán which refers to maize bread cooked in hot ashes [9] Likewise, Alutiiq alatiq comes from the Russian: ола́дьи, romanized ...