Category Archives: Food

Diet of the Middle Ages

The Well-Stocked Kitchen, and Jesus in the house of Martha and Mary in the background by Joachim Bueckelaer, 1566. Rilksmuseum. During the Middle Ages the majority of European peasantry lived on a very home-grown diet, or what today might be … Continue reading

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Foods You’ve Never Heard Of

Hákarl Hakarl is a food from Iceland. It is a Greenland orbasking shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. Hákarl is an acquired taste and has a very particular ammonia-rich smell and fishy taste, … Continue reading

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Japanese School Lunches

Speghetti with meat sauce, fries, milk, mandarin. Lunch at Motoyama Elementary School.  The dark square thing is a rice ball wrapped in nori (seaweed), with a piece of salmon in the middle.  It is meant to be picked up and … Continue reading

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Fast Food Restaurants Around the World (Pics)

The Netherlands – FEBO FEBO is a chain of Dutch walk-up fast food restaurants of the automatiek type. Founded in 1941 in Amsterdam, FEBO is most notable for this automatiek format: a counter is available for purchasing French fries, beverages, … Continue reading

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Unbelievable Future Appliances: Fridge, Stove, Table, and More.

The 2010 edition of the Electrolux Design Lab competition focuses on creative solutions for compact living. The 2010 brief asked industrial design students to consider how people will prepare and store food, wash clothes, and do dishes in the homes … Continue reading

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Breakfasts From Around the World (Pics)

Breakfast — it’s the most important meal of the day, and everyone eats it differently.  Here is a small assortment to see how our fellow humans enjoy their early morning meals all over the world, there are some similarities of … Continue reading

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