This popular Italian pasta dish features a rich meat sauce and long noodles
Spaghetti
This spice is known for its bright yellow color and is used in curry.
Turmeric
This breakfast staple comes from chickens.
Eggs
This fungus is actually used to make blue cheese.
Mold
This process causes bread to rise due to gas released by yeast.
Fermentation
A Mexican dish with a folded tortilla filled with cheese.
Quesadilla
Derived from dried berries, this spice adds heat and is often black.
black pepper
A breakfast favourite often served with milk.
Cereal
This never spoils due to its low moisture and acidity.
Honey
This protein in wheat gives dough its elasticity.
Gluten
This Japanese dish includes raw fish over vinegared rice.
Sushi
A smoky red spice often used in Hungarian dishes.
Paprika
This dish combines eggs, cheese, and fillings folded together.
Omelette
This Southeast Asian fruit is banned in many hotels due to its strong odor, often compared to rotten onions or sewage.
Durian
This acid gives citrus fruits their sour taste.
Citric acid
A French dish of snails cooked in garlic butter.
This spice, also called “laurel,” is often used in soups as a leaf.
Bay leaf
This breakfast cereal, introduced in 1894, was developed by John Harvey Kellogg as part of a health regimen.
Cornflakes
This fruit can float because it’s 25% air.
Apple
This molecule causes the spicy heat in chili peppers.
Capsaicin
This Spanish rice dish often includes seafood and saffron.
Paella
This expensive spice comes from crocus flowers.
Saffron
This Middle Eastern dish of poached eggs in spiced tomato sauce is often eaten for breakfast.
Shakshouka
This nut is toxic when raw due to the same compound found in poison ivy.
Cashew nuts
This browning reaction occurs when proteins and sugars are heated.
Maillard reaction