Jeroboam and Balthazar: wine facts..

Jeroboam is a wine bottle with a capacity four times larger than that of an ordinary bottle.Named after 'Jeroboam', a king of Israel.
Balthazar is also a very large wine bottle, equivalent in capacity to sixteen regular bottles.Named after 'Balthazar', a king of Babylon who made a great feast and drank wine before a thousand.

mornay: from French cuisine..

Denoting or served in a cheese-flavoured white sauce.

mornay sauce

Named after Mornay,eldest son of the French chef Joseph Voiron, the inventor of the sauce.

idli: Indian breakfast..

Idli is a traditional breakfast food especially in south India. Common accompaniments are chatni and sambar.

Falafel: from Arabian cuisine..

Falafel is a Middle Eastern dish of spiced mashed chickpeas formed into balls and deep-fried.

falafel

poblano

Poblano is a large dark green chilli pepper of a mild-flavoured variety.

poblano

jalapeno-Anatomy of jalapeno..

Jalapeno is a very hot green chilli pepper from Mexico.

jalapeno

Anatomy of jalapeno pepper:

Danish pastry

Danish pastry is a cake of sweetened yeast pastry with toppings or fillings of icing, fruit, or nuts.

Danish pastry

muffin

Muffin is a thick, flattened spongy bread roll made from yeast dough and eaten split, toasted ,and buttered.

muffin

brioche

Brioche is a small round French roll made from a light sweet yeast bread.

brioche

 

 

 

 

 

 

tabbouleh salad: from Arabian cuisine..

Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern salad of cracked wheat mixed with finely chopped tomatoes, onions, parsley etc.

tabbouleh salad

Madeleine: from French cuisine..

Madeleine is a small rich sponge cake, often decorated with coconut and jam.

madeleine

Named after Madeleine Paulmier, who was a pastry chef in France.

Pandowdy: from American cuisine..

Pandowdy is a kind of spiced apple pudding baked in a deep dish.

pandowdy

baklava: from Turkish cuisine..

Baklava is a middle eastern dessert made of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey.

baklava

chow mein: from Chinese cuisine..

Chow mein is a Chinese dish of fried noodles with shredded meat or seafood and vegetables.

chow mein

In Chinese 'chao mian' means 'stir-fried noodles'.

Sauerkraut: from German cuisine..

Sauerkraut is a German dish of chopped pickled cabbage, that is finely chopped cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and pediococcus.It has a long shelf life and distinctive sour flavour, both of which result from the lactic acid that formsthe bacteria ferment the sugar in the cabbage.
Sauerkraut is also used as a condiment upon various foods such as meat dishes and hot dogs.

sauerkraut

In German 'saeur' means 'sour' and 'kraut' means 'vegetable'.

Pepperoni: from American cuisine..

Pepperoni, also known as pepperoni sausage, is an American variety of salami that is beef and pork sausage seasoned with pepper.

sliced pepperoni

In Italy 'peperone' means 'chilli'.

Beluga: caviar sturgeon..

Beluga is a very large sturgeon found in the inland seas and rivers of central Eurasia, from which caviar is obtained.

Scientific name of beluga is Huso huso.The name 'beluga' is derived from a Russian word 'belukha' which means 'white'.

Sambuca: Italian liqueur..

Sambuca is an Italian aniseed flavoured liqueur.

sambuca

It got it's name from a Latin word 'sambucus' which means 'elder tree'.

Chateaubriand: from French cuisine..

Chateaubriand is a thick fillet of beef steak.

It is named after the French writer and politician Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand, whose chef is said to have created the dish.

Nacho: from Mexican and Spanish cuisine..

Nachos are small pieces of tortilla topped with melted cheese, peppers, etc.

nachos

It is believed to be evolved from a Mexican Spanish term 'Nacho', familiar form of 'Ignacio', first name of the chef credited with creating the dish.Otherwise from a Spanish word 'nacho' means 'flat nosed'.