Food

The origin of the term 'zucchini' is the Italian word 'zucca,' which means squash. Several hypotheses suggest that this vegetable originated in Mexico thousands of years before it arrived in Italy, specifically between 7000 and 5500 BCE.

Who are we to credit for all this? Begin with Betty Crocker, whose manuals adorned every post-war kitchen, introducing impressionable young minds to this culinary delight.

Known simply as a muffin in the United Kingdom, the English muffin is said to have originated in Wales in the year 900. The English muffin, a derivation of Bara brith bread, a pastry mixture flavoured with tea,

Even though cherry cheesecake has been around for millennia, there are countless variations of what constitutes the emblematic dessert today.

Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912 under the name Girl Guide troop. It was a gathering of 18 girls in Savannah, Georgia who intended to provide "something for all girls" to the United States and the globe.

Cacao is supposed to have originated in Mesoamerica, specifically in the country of Mexico, where the Aztecs are said to have cultivated cacao plants and used the beans to make chocolate.