If one travels along the Mediterranean coast, one will notice that focaccia tastes a little different everywhere: according to legend, the “original” focaccia, the Focaccia …
Dates: The Bread of the Desert
The date palm is a miracle of nature: the tree on which the date fruit grows is perfectly adapted to the climate in which it …
Tonka Bean: South America’s Black Gold
In South American culture, the tonka bean is said to have a special healing effect: anyone who carries a tonka bean with them is in …
Bougatsa: Traditional Greek pastry
Bougatsa originally comes from Constantinople: before the city fell under Turkish rule in 1453 with the fall of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was a Greek …
Tarte flambée: Alsatian tradition
In the past, baking tarte flambée was a way to estimate the temperature of a wood-burning oven without a thermometer: Today, tarte flambée is a …
Hamburgers: Anything but fast food
There are many theories about the invention of the hamburger: some assume that the city of Hamburg gave its name to the famous dish. As …
The Baguette: French National Icon
There is nothing that represents France as much as the baguette: the long white bread with the aromatic taste is famous all over the world. …
The History of Pizza
It’s Italy’s national dish: the pizza. As early as 1,000 years ago, there was already the word pizza in Latin, which at that time referred …