Chocolate mousse Chocolate mousse isn't anything the Aztecs would have eaten, because they didn't have butter or sugar. Chocolate mousse is also not good for you, but it's delicious! One [...]
History of dates: Two dates Dates are from West Asia Wild dates probably evolved around 50 million years ago, as a way for date palms to get animals to eat [...]
Corn history: Corn on the cob Teosinte and corn Corn is a kind of seed, like rice or wheat, that comes originally from a kind of wild grass that grows [...]
A white man beating an enslaved African man in Brazil African-American slavery and chocolate As more and more people wanted chocolate, farmers had to grow more and more cacao beans. [...]
History of chocolate: Cocoa pods grow right from the trunk of the cocoa tree! (Thanks World Cocoa Foundation) Chocolate comes from South America Chocolate comes from cacao beans, which grew [...]
Chili peppers from Central America: a chili pepper is hot! Two kinds of pepper There are two main kinds of pepper: black pepper and chili pepper. More about black pepper [...]
History of chickpeas: Dried chickpeas Chickpeas are from West Asia Chickpeas are a kind of bean that probably evolved in West Asia, in what is now eastern Turkey, around the [...]
A pile of chestnuts When did chestnuts evolve? Chestnut trees are related to oak trees, and like oak trees they probably evolved early, around 66 million years ago, around the [...]
History of beer: Sumerians sipping beer through straws (ca. 2500 BC) When did people start to make beer? Even before people began farming in China, West Asia and Egypt, they [...]
Barley ready to be harvested How is barley different from wheat? Barley's a kind of grass, like wheat or millet or sorghum or rice, that is a good source of carbohydrates [...]
