So much more than tea
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“You can’t just eat chamomile, can you?” – you might be thinking now. But go online to check the word etymology and you will discover that the “chamomile” derived via French and …
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The dry divine fruit
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Persimmon is a widely cultivated fruit from the plant of the Diospyros genus which in popular etymology means “the divine fruit” or “Zeus wheat”. Unfortunately, “popular” often happens to be fake, …
The variety of potatoes
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What do we know about potatoes? Well, pretty much everything: tubers were domesticated by indigenous people of South America in the area of modern Peru and Bolivia, introduced to Europe in …
A Mediterranean thistle
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Globe or French artichoke is nothing more than a thistle cultivated for culinary needs. What? Yes, these guys with sharp prickles that can cover a stem, leaves or be all over …
Not just Nutmeg
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Nutmeg is a very, very important spice both in the history of colonization and in the kitchen. In fact, it’s starting not as a spice but as a whole fruit on …
Queen of the fields
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That’s how one of the most widely grown food plants in the world is called. Corn, once a cultivar native to Central America, is grown today on every continent of the …
