Black pepper was once so valuable that it was used as currency and was called 'black gold.'

Worcestershire sauce contains fermented anchovies — many people who eat it vegetarianly don't realize this.

The Caesar salad was invented in 1924.

The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and is topped with three types of caviar, buffalo mozzarella, and lobster from Norway.

Color can influence perception of taste: wine tasted from a blue glass is rated differently than from a clear one.

The most shoplifted food in the world is cheese.

Spam is so popular in Hawaii that it is sometimes called the Hawaiian steak.

The average person will spend about 3.5 years eating over their lifetime.

Quinoa is technically a seed, not a grain, and is one of the few plant sources of complete protein.