One thing is certain... 

...everybody on this planet loves to eat and drink

The past couple of years have been hard for everyone. Apart from the very real danger of Covid-19 and all its family, travel came to a standstill, cafes and restaurants suffered, and often even finding the food we love best was difficult.

So let's bring back our appetites and prepare for what has to be, very soon, the POST-Covid era. Stand-by for plenty of tasty, surprising, weird and wonderful things to stack on your plate.

If all of this has whetted your appetite and got you thinking, and you would like to find many more interesting facts on food in various countries GO TO....

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Coffee in a cone

Ask anyone who has had to deal with COLD ice cream leaking through the pointy end of a cone, and they will laugh at the idea of putting a HOT liquid in there and expecting it to work.

Find out more about this South African secret....

Canada's superfood

With a name sounding surprisingly like a sneeze, it seems we now have another new superfood on our hands.

Bob Bors is the man behind the haskap. A former strawberry grower, he was looking for an answer to what difference he could add to Canadian berry bowls.  Read on...

USA tests your taste buds with lobster ice cream

No, you did not read that incorrectly. THIS is the world's latest savoury ice cream flavour.

Before you yell 'ugh!' read on...

Oregon discovers a 'bivalve' with leaves

It's like finding that the last biscuit in the barrel has not already been eaten. 

For a cook, learning of a new ingredient, is like a musician discovering another few notes on a keyboard. Oyster leaves are like that. Find out more...

The fruit that sounds like a sneeze

Un-Bolivia-ble!

Achacha, a tasty South American fruit, brings more than just flavour and eye appeal to the table. It might even help your heart and blood pressure!

Read more here...

Party time in Brazil

Tapioca balls, quince jam, cheeses, manioc and guava - it's time for a South American celebration! Find out more...

Japan and Malaysia get sweet together

Dairy products from Japan meet a Malaysian company and create sweet and tasty tarts, then share them with the world. Read more...

Fancy a raindrop cake?

Inspired by traditional Mizu Shingen Mochi from Japan, this was created by US chef Darren Wong and served with roasted soy flour and brown sugar syrup. Learn more...

Food-pairing Korean-style

Try Makgeolli rice wine cocktails. Start with raspberry-perilla makgeolli, or skip the gin and try Korean makgeolli fizz! Or do something else...

Does Chinese food make you nervous??

Let's just say that a menu in China can offer some surprises - and challenges!

But do not blame this country for everything. Take a look at the world's more - er - unusual ingredients! Deep breath - here we go...

Black gold from the world's highest mountains

Undiscovered for centuries, this Himalayan secret is now out - and on offer - from Shangri-La's chilly slopes.

Here they are....

Australia has the world's oldest beer

WHAT??? Impossible, you say.

Australian beer is relatively new. Well, there's a small trick to this atatement.

HINT: water is involved. Read on...

Tomberry time

Holland steps up to prove that it has more than cheese and pretty flowers.

Please meet the world's tiniest tomatoes....

 Marmalade lovers this is for you

Entries will close in a few days for the world-famous Dalemain Homemade Marmalade Awards in Cumbria, UK.

Find out more...

Let's talk about kurtosh

It is not difficult to see why these are called 'chimney cakes' in some Central European countries.

Delicious and impossible to resist (or cook at home!). Read more...

What is the weirdest food you have eaten - by mistake??

Just cast your eyes down this tasty menu, to be served al fresco on a canal bank in France.

Can you guess which one gave us the biggest surprise? Find out HERE...

What colour is your salt?

Salt is not always white. It comes in all shades from palest pink Murray River salt, dove grey Esprit du Sel, sparkling white Fleur de Sel de Guérande from France – and now you can add black salt from...

...find out where

The chick pea dip that causes arguments

Do you like a little hummus on your felafel or doner kebab? Chances are when you buy some from the market, it is in a tub - not by the ton!

It was size that once caused a problem. 

See what happened a few years ago....

AND

Take a look at this...

OR

Make your own hummus...

Simple question: what colour are strawberries?

Interestingly, these white 'pineberries' may be the ancestors of today's red ones!

Much more has been going on in strawberry beds without us realising it, so take a look and also find out where the pineberry came from.

NOW - see if you know all these:

Here are 100 great trivia facts to drop in casually at your next dinner party or to use to stump that certain someone who always knows everything about food - or thinks they do!

(OK, smart foodies....what ones have we missed here? Let us know - but you must be sure of exactly what they are too.)

See the rest...

NOW, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

THE WORLD'S BEST RESTAURANTS...

FABULOUS FOOD DAYS AROUND THE WORLD...  ~ AND MORE...

FOOD DAYS IN AUSTRALIA...  ~ AND MORE...

FOOD AND BEVERAGE HOLIDAYS...

and dozens more ON THIS SITE...

Here's some help if there is food you cannot eat when travelling... 

~BON APPETIT~

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