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HISTORY OF MAYONNAISE
How many theories are there on the origin of mayonnaise? At least four! The fifth is generally overlooked. Some early recipes indicate mayonnaise sauces accompanied jellied fish, in the traditional of...
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HISTORY OF CANDIES
While we Americans tend to think of candy in terms of supermarket and convenience stores displays, this sweet culinary family offers a much broader and complicated lineage. Food historians propose the...
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COOKIES, CRACKERS AND BISCUITS
"The term [cookie] first appeared in print as long ago as 1703."(The Oxford Companion to Food , Alan Davidson [Oxford University Press:Oxford] (page 212))"The art of making cookies and crackers is that...
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HISTORY OF CINNAMON
Description Cinnamon is usually regarded as the bark of the Cinnamomum zeylanicum tree; it is known as canela in Portugal and Spain, cannelle in France, and Zimt in Germany. In India and Iran, it is...
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COZINHA - MITO OU VERDADE
Nem tudo é sabedoria — mas nem tudo é lenda — naqueles ensinamentos transmitidos por gerações na cozinha.‘Comida’ conversou com químicos e professores de gastronomia para descobrir o que de fato...
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HISTORY OF THE SWEET TEXAS ONIONS
The onion that came to Texas but never left the same.Onions are Texas' leading vegetable crop. Onion sales bring the state between $70 and $100 million per year and the onion industry has an overall...
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ARGENTINA - CHARQUI Y TASAJO
LAS TÉCNICAS DE DESHIDRATACIÓN Y CONSERVACIÓN DE LA CARNE ESTUVIERON VIGENTES HASTA LA INSTALACIÓN DE LOS FRIGORÍFICOSCuando los españoles llegaron a América, no hallaron animales domésticos bovinos,...
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ACIDULANTS AND ALKALIZERS.
Well over 50 chemical additives are commonly used in food processing or as ingredients of final food products, essentially to control the pH (hydrogen ion concentration) of the process and/or product....
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É POSSÍVEL VIVER SEM MISTÉRIO?
Na semana passada, foi publicado um artigo na revista americana “The New Yorker”, de autoria de Adam Gopnik, escritor e intelectual muito conceituado nos EUA.O artigo trata da questão do ateísmo e sua...
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RESTAURANTES DE SÃO PAULO
A "Folha de S. Paulo" publicou na sua revista semanal "Sãopaulo" de 16 de fevereiro de 2014, uma classificação dos 8 melhores restaurantes de São Paulo:ARÁBIACadeiras de vime e faixas de tecido no teto...
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EXOTIC TASTE : THE LURE OF SASANIAN PERSIA
Striding Lion Mosaic (Antioch)The Antioch floor mosaics have long served as a useful gauge of iconographic and stylistic tastes and trends (visual and thematic ins and outs, expected as well as...
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BALANCING PROFITS AND LOSSES : MEDIEVAL TRADE
Trade had thrived in Europe ever since ancient times. In both the Greek and Roman periods, trade was extensive, with goods such as silks, spices, wine and metals travelling huge distances. Even the...
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THE EVOLUTION OF MILK
How and why did such a thing as milk ever come to be? It came along with warmbloodedness, hair, and skin glands, all of which distinguish mammals from reptiles. Milk may have begun around 300 million...
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TASCA DO AROUCHE, NOVO RESTAURANTE PORTUGUÊS DE SÃO PAULO
A nova casa portuguesa tem bons produtos e preços mais contidosEm clima informal, Tasca do Arouche traz belo ‘know-how’ de restaurateur há mais de 20 anos nessa cozinha.É gratificante ver a abertura de...
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HISTORIA DEL SEXO Y DEL AMOR EN EL ANTIGUO EGIPTO
IntroducciónLa historia de los seres humanos es la historia de su sexualidad. Las relaciones eróticas y sentimentales entre hombres y mujeres han variado mucho de una cultura a otra, estando...
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BELO HORIZONTE
Belo Horizonte em 1950A capital mineira tem Lourdes e Savassi, com suas ruas arborizadas, lojas de grife e cafés charmosos; a Pampulha, com obras de Oscar Niemeyer; restaurantes estrelados, que não...
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AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICES
New evidence emerges of the brutal reality of Aztec sacrifice.A study of remains discovered in Mexico suggests that the Aztecs routinely beheaded, burned and boiled their sacrificial victims.The often...
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LES ALGUES - LÉGUMES DE MER
Les algues sont parmi les végétaux les plus anciens et furent les premiers êtres vivants à créer de l'oxygène. Elles sont le point de départ de l'histoire des plantes et par conséquent des règnes...
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LA LUCHA POR LA SOBREVIVENCIA DEL HOMBRE PREHISTÓRICO
En un millón de años, el hombre pasó de animal a Homo Sapiens, dominando el medio y a los demás pobladores de la tierra, pero sus triunfos mayores fueron la rueda y la escritura.Durante incontables...
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POLYNESIAN CHICKENS AND TRANSPACIFIC CONTACTS
Hawaiian Red JunglefowlA new mitochondrial DNA study on the origins of Polynesian chickens, if it's right, cuts off one important branch of the theory of precolumbian Polynesian contact in South...
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