Wild blueberries have roughly twice the antioxidant content of cultivated blueberries.

Sriracha sauce is named after the coastal city of Si Racha in Thailand, where a similar sauce was first made.

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Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s to treat liver disease and indigestion.

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Liquid nitrogen cooking, called molecular gastronomy, was popularized by chefs like Ferran Adrià.

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Cashews always come roasted because raw cashews contain urushiol, the same toxin as poison ivy.

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The world's most expensive spice, saffron, requires 150,000 hand-picked crocus flowers to produce one kilogram.

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Kimchi, made from fermented vegetables and chili, has been a Korean staple for over 2,000 years.

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Almonds are not nuts — they are the seeds of a fruit related to peaches and plums.

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Lentils have the highest protein-to-calorie ratio of any plant food and are rich in folate and iron.

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