Domesticated chickpeas have been found at Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7500 BC) sites in Turkey and the Levant, namely at Çayönü, Hacilar, and Tell es-Sultan (Jericho). They were also domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 7000 BC. Chickpeas then spread to the Mediterranean region around 6000 BC, and to India around 3000 BC. They were found

The history of chocolate can be traced to the ancient Mayans, and even earlier to the ancient Olmecs of southern Mexico. The word chocolate may conjure up images of sweet candy bars and luscious truffles, but the chocolate of today is little like the chocolate of the past. Throughout much of history, chocolate was a

Yogurt is an ancient food that has gone by many names over the millennia: katyk (Armenia), dahi (India), zabadi (Egypt), mast (Iran), leben raib (Saudi Arabia), laban (Iraq and Lebanon), roba (Sudan), iogurte (Brazil), cuajada (Spain), coalhada (Portugal), dovga (Azerbaijan), and matsoni (Georgia, Russia, and Japan). It is believed that milk products were incorporated into