Peanuts in a BBQ coating: seven spices in one crunchy shell
In the crust: paprika, garlic, pepper, cumin, tomato, onion, salt
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Mango with no sugar: 100% fruit and nothing else
The Cát Chu variety grows near the Mekong Delta - one of the sweetest varieties in the world
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Apricot pastila: 2 ingredients instead of 12
Only apricot puree and a little sugar — nothing else.
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Dried melon: why Turkish farmers harvest it only 6 weeks a year
Six summer weeks — that's how short the season is for traditionally sun-dried melon in Turkey. Why does 700 g of fres...
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Sunflower halva: why even those who don't love sweets can't resist it
Made right here in Latvia — not brought over from the East.
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Churchkhela6 walnuts in a single stick: how orange churchkhela is made
A small stick, 5 steps and almost a month of work: how orange churchkhela is made in Kakheti, why the 3–4 dips in pel...
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Why in China every peach is wrapped in a paper bag
Why is every peach in China wrapped in a paper bag, where does the fruit actually come from, and why is dried peach o...
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Fruits1 fruit, 1000+ varieties: everything you didn't know about mango
Mango isn't 1 fruit — it's 1000+ varieties with 4000 years of history. A short tour through the kingdom of mango: fro...
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Walnut: why for 2000 years it was called the food of the gods and the food for the mind
Break a walnut open — and you'll see the shape of a brain. Ancient peoples treated it as food for the mind, and scien...
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Dried persimmon: 2000 years of history, from ancient China to the tea ceremony
One product tied together the Han dynasty emperors, the Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu and the founder of the Ming ...
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A riddle for the sharp-witted: what do Pablo Picasso, sweets and unusual shapes have in common?
What do Pablo Picasso, sweets and unusual shapes have in common? In this article — the story of Turkish delight, curi...
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Nuts + ??? = the right combination
Nuts + what else? When to eat them, how many, and which dried fruits pair best with them? Real combinations and porti...
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