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Mediterranean cuisine
- ThymeIn the dry heat of ancient Egypt, embalmers wrapped bodies in thyme to preserve them for the afterlife. The common thyme plant, known scientifically as…
- BasilThe plant known as Ocimum basilicum grows natively from Central Africa to Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family, which also includes mints.
- French cuisineIn 1326, Guillaume Tirel entered a royal kitchen as a humble kitchen boy. He would later become known as Taillevent and write Le Viandier, one of the…
- Italian cuisineA Roman mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily depicts a banquet during a hunting trip, showing how food and culture were intertwined as early as…