Acai Acai generally refers to a berry found in smoothies, juices, and other foods. It's heralded as a "superfood" by some, thanks to its antioxidant and high-fiber properties. The word acai is Brazilian Portuguese and also refers to the palm tree from which the berries come. While aca...
The Spanish had been consuming cacao almost exclusively in the form of an unsweetened spiced cacao beverage, thought to be an aphrodisiac and generally seen as a show of wealth. In Spain and its colonies, in fact, the consumption of cacao was largely either in the form of a prepared cacao ...
The first few attempts involved freezing the whole fruit, scooping the pulp out or cutting them in half. All those attempts had rather disastrous results. The fruit was either impossible to separate from the peel without waiting for ages or simply turned horribly brown - not to mention the tas...