History Of Chocolate The first recorded evidence of chocolate as a food product goes back to Pre-Columbian Mexico. The Mayans and Aztecs were known to make a drink called "Xocoatll from the beans of the cocoa tree. In 1528, the conquering Spaniards returned to Spain with chocolate still consumed as a beverage. A similar chocolate drink was brought to a royal wedding in France in 1615, and England welcomed chocolate in 1662. To this point "chocolate" as we spell it today, had been spelled variously
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English and French Cuisine Tony McDermott University of Northern Iowa April 18th, 2014 English Food Background English cuisine consists of the cooking styles, traditions and recipes that have their origins in England and surrounding countries. Many of the ingredients and ideas were imported from places such as China, North America, and India during the British Empire as a result immigration after the war (“Ploughman’s Lunch- Icons of England”, 2007). English food was historically characterized
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the most to visit with my husband is France, especially French cities like Provence or Paris. Le Pamplemousse, is a classic French restaurant that has been in operation since 1976 in Las Vegas (Le Pamplemousse 2015). The ambiance of this restaurant is absolutely amazing with its dim lighting, candle lit tables, tuxedo dressed waiters, and a relaxing fireplace that crackles in the main dining area which creates a great backdrop to the quiet French music that was delicately playing loud enough to enjoy
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saw some Spaniards having green olives for breakfast – Imagine that! Usually Spaniards would eat an omelette, tostada with olive oil or manteca (pork lard), or toast with crushed tomato (very strange to me!) Churros con chocolate – long, deep-fried doughnuts dipped in hot chocolate were available everyone for breakfast or desert. Although the omelette could be seen at the early breakfast, we would normally see eggs
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especially in several major areas of food culture, environment, and lifestyle. One big difference between the States and Hong Kong is food culture. “Pizzas, burgers and French Fries are our regular meals!” one American student told me. I do agree with her, for I have seen pizzas, burgers and French fries appear in the school cafeteria every day since I arrived. Moreover, McDonald’s, Burger King and Papa Gino’s, which sell fast food, dominate in the States. If you stay in the States for
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Brothers started out with opening a hotdog stand in 1937 called Airdrome. With Airdrome being such a great success they decided to expand the business and come up with a different type of restaurant. McDonald opens in 1940 in San Bernardino, California (History of McDonald's). The menu consisted of 25 items and most was barbecue. McDonald became a popular place for teen to hang out at. McDonald stays open for several years but they wanted to close down. The reason they closed down they want to do something
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Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In this novel, Junior is successful. Junior becomes successful in high school with Penelope, prom, and at basketball. Junior’s success is something that reminds me of my mom. While Junior was in his history class, he had the need to go to the bathroom. Junior was in the bathroom and he heard someone vomiting in the girls bathroom. Junior felt like he couldn’t walk away without knowing the person vomiting was okay. Junior knocked on the bathroom’s door
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also an excellent planning and forecasting tool that will help the foodservice manager to have a successful food service operation. Good Menu Production Records keep track of more than just food items and quantities prepared. They provide a written history of a food service that can be used to evaluate customer preferences and improve
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Documentary Review Super-Size Me I. Summarize the documentary “Super Size Me”. Give a detailed description of the coverage of the documentary, and state briefly the “take away” message it gives. “Super-Size Me” is a an experiment created by Morgan Spurlock where he sets out an investigation to understand and prove how quickly and harmful fast food could be on a person’s body, health, and wellbeing. The primary concept revolves around eating nothing but McDonald’s food for a period
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