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Who was responsible for one of the biggest developments in cooking?
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Mesopotamians
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Egyptians
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Greeks
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French
Explanation
The civilization of Mesopotamia was responsible for discovering plant cultivation and irrigation and the domestication of plants and animals. These were done early as 9,000 BC.
Who was the first celebrity chef?
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Marie-Antoine Careme
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Francois Vatel
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Antoine Beuvilliers
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Auguste Escoffier
Explanation
Marie-Antoine Careme is known as the founder of French Gastronomy and the pioneer of grande cuisine. He served French royalty and wrote classic works on cuisines.
What did prehistoric humans use to cook?
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Fire
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Using clay pots
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Hot water
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Steam
Explanation
Archeological evidence shows that ancient people started cooking as early as the Stone Age. The earliest open-fire cooking method is to put all the ingredients straight into the fire.
When was the first baking guild established?
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168 BC
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175 BC
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145 BC
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125 BC
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The first guild was established in Rome. Bread became the staple food of all social classes in Rome, and it was originally made of emmer rather than wheat.
When was the first oven invented?
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6,500 years ago
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5,000 years ago
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The late 1500s
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3,000 years ago
Explanation
Means of baking soon started when the first oven was invented. The person who invented the modern microwave oven is Percy Spencer.
Who was the first person to have a restaurant in Paris?
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Antoine Beuvilliers
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William Cullen
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Severine
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Catherine de Medicis
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Antoine Beuvilliers is credited for having the first restaurant ever in Paris. He wrote L'art de Cuisener in 1814 and even got a chance to collaborate with Marie-Antoine Careme.
Who was the culinary artist that invented modern cooking?
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Auguste Escoffier
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Catherine de Medicis
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Baron Leon Brisse
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Louis Bignon
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Escoffier earned worldwide recognition for being the kitchen director of the Savoy Hotel, and soon after, the Carlton Hotel. He's known as the "King of Chefs and Chef of Kings.”
When did people start cooking?
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250,000 years ago
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350,000 years ago
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1 million years ago
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18,000 years ago
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The exact date and year when cooking started are unknown. Anthropologists such as Richard Wrangham believe that cooking played a vital role in human evolution.
What were the oldest means of cooking?
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Roasting
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Baking
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Frying
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Steaming
Explanation
Primitive species started to cook by means of tossing either fish or birds to fire. Some scientists even believed that Peking man started roasting meat.
What was the earliest dish ever to be invented?
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Crude Paste
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Grilled meat
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Bread
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Roasted Fish
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Steaming food started during the Paleolithic Period, and in the Neolithic, people began to use clay pots. Crude paste's version of today is Italian Polenta.
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