Caviar from the Caspian Sea
The word ‘caviar’ comes from the Turkish havyar, meaning ‘salted fish eggs’ – and that’s exactly what this delicacy is
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A Taste of Jamaica: Ackee – the National Fruit
The ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica. It’s also an ingredient in the national dish, ackee saltfish.
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Coconut with everything: Garifuna Cuisine
Garifuna is the name used to describe all the black communities living in Central America’s Caribbean coast. The Garifuna people are a unique ethnic group descending from Africa that were brought to central America after the Spanish Conquest.
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A Sting in the Tale: Drinking Snake Wine
If you’re looking for authentic Vietnamese snake wine there is no more obvious and better place to find it than Snake Village in Hanoi. Watching the drink being made is not for the faint hearted but if you’ve got as far as here then your curiosity will see you through.
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Great Buildings of England
As the Englishman started taking tours around a Europe energized by the Renaissance, a new vocation was born in the 17th century – that of the architect.
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