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Cuisines from around the World
Barbecue
Barbecue has been around since the discovery of fire; it's so popular in the South it's considered a cultural icon. The word barbecue (barbeque, Bar-B-Q, B-B-Q) comes from the framework used by Indians in the Caribbean, named barbacoa by early Spanish explorers. Over time the word came to mean the method of preparation, and often even the event where it's served.
Some of the states most well-
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1st Century B.C. -- First recorded sandwich made by rabbi Hillel; he pressed chopped nuts, apples, spices and other ingredients between two matzohs to eat with bitter herbs during Passover.
1762 -- Modern sandwich invented in London by John Montague, fourth Earl of Sandwich, when he asks for bread, cheese and meat to be brought so he can continue gambling. He holds the food -- bread outside a
Read MoreEgyptian
Egyptian cuisine has been influenced by Greek, Turkish, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian traditions; a typical Egyptian meal might include meat, chicken, or fish, a vegetable stew, rice or pasta, salad and bread.
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