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Pizzas
Read moreThe history of pizza started with the Egyptians. It is believed that they were the first to mix flour with water. Others claim that the first were the Greeks, who made pasta from wheat flour, rice or chickpeas and baked them on hot bricks. The novelty was to stop in Etruria, Italy. Pizza (also spelled …
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Rusks
Read moreA rusk (toasted bread) is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread. It is sometimes used as a baby teething food. In some cultures, rusk is made of cake, rather than bread: this is sometimes referred to as cake rusk. In the United Kingdom, the name also refers to a wheat-based food additive.
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Tarts
Read moreThe French word tarte can be translated to mean either pie or tart, as both are mainly the same with the exception of a pie usually covering the filling in pastry, while flans and tarts leave it open. Tarts are thought to have either come from a tradition of layering food, or to be a …