Do you know when curry came to the United Kingdom, or what was the first product to be sold with the aid of a bar-code scanner in a supermarket? How sugar beets were traditionally harvested, why Chinese restaurants took off in Britain, or which famous historical figure spurred the invention of canned goods? Or are you wondering why you should care about such trivia at all? To all these questions, the British Library has answers.

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Rats and humans avidly consume flavored foods that contain sucrose and fat, presumably due to their rewarding qualities. In this study, we hypothesized that the complex mixture of corn oil, sucrose, and flavor is more reinforcing than any of these components alone. We observed a concentration-dependent increase in reinforcers received of sucrose solutions (0, 3, 6.25, and 12.5%) in both fixed ratio and progressive ratio procedures, but with equicaloric corn oil solutions (0, 1.4, 2.8, and 5.6%) this finding was replicated only in the fixed ratio procedure. Likewise, addition of 1.4% oil to 3% or 12.5% sucrose increased fixed ratio, but not progressive ratio, reinforcers received relative to those of sucrose alone. [...] These data suggest that, calorie-for-calorie, sucrose is the dominant reinforcing component of novel foods that contain a mixture of fat, sucrose, and flavor.

In his new best-selling book, "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite," Kessler, a San Francisco Bay Area pediatrician, explains why certain foods loaded with fat, sugar and salt exert such a pull, despite our best intentions to avoid them. As he discusses the biology that leads to scarfing down a plate of fries, he delves into such puzzles as why the French fry binger is more likely to remember the pleasant stimulation of the fries' salt, fat, texture and flavor than the stomachache and self-recrimination that follow it.

Zelfs in goede restaurants worden rode wijnen zelden op de juiste temperatuur geserveerd. Men denkt dat als rode wijn op kamertemperatuur geserveerd moet worden dat dat ongeveer twintig graden is, maar de term kamertemperatuur stamt uit de tijd van vòòr de centrale verwarming en zou eigenlijk ongeveer 17 graden Celsius moeten zijn.

If you're one of those people hoping to change the world in 2009, writer Mark Bittman says you can start by changing what you eat. In his new book, Food Matters, The New York Times food columnist writes about the environmental impact of industrial farming — and how individuals can make a difference by cutting down on the amount of animal products they consume.

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t seems that everyone is so used to referring to these double backed treats as biscotti, but they really go by Cantuccini, as all cookies are biscotti in Italian. So what? Exactly. They're so good, who cares anyway...?

Ever wondered how you rank with the rest of the world in the amount of money you spend on food in a week? I got this email and it has some great pictures along with the amount of cash each family spends in feeding themselves for a week all around the world. From the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio

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This week, this article discusses the diet tips and more for keeping healthy and trim.

De FAO, de voedsel- en landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties, staat aan de rand van de afgrond. Dat is de harde conclusie van een extern onderzoek naar de organisatie, dat in opdracht van de lidstaten is uitgevoerd.

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"This pizza is modeled after Patsy's on 117th street in NYC. I have been working on this for SIX years, but FINALLY I can report that I have achieved my goal. Many people have tried my pie and swear it is not only the best pizza they've ever had, but a cl