Take a big, sweet bite. Savor the moist, spicy cake with rich cream-cheese frosting. Close your eyes and relish a dessert that’s been around for centuries. Carrot cake. No one knows for sure when and where it originated. There are a lot of legends, stories, and happy tummies. W

  BITE INTO HISTORY: THE SWEET, SAVORY, AND SOMETIMES STRANGE STORY OF FOOD By Whaddya Think, Doctor Jeri Fink? Here are some fun, facts, and trivia! Read each question and choose your answer. You can check if you’re right at the very end and get your foodie fun rank or click on

  *According to National Graphic, “a real quiche is only ever filled with three things: bacon, eggs, and crème fraiche [a dairy product similar to sour cream].” *The first use of the term quiche Lorraine was in 1925. *Quiche can be served warm, cold, or at room temperature.

  Take a bite. Savor the flaky, buttery crust filled with cream, eggs, cheese, and an assortment of ingredients conjured by a creative chef. Over the years, the recipe evolved. There are many twists and turns in this yummy slice of history. Let’s go to France and . . . wait. Did

  *According to Cozymeal America’s most popular dessert is ice cream. *In the sixteenth century, sugar sculptures by famous confectioners could cost as much as a person’s average annual wage. *The modern concept of dessert applies to many sweets, including fruit, cheese, custard,

  What’s your pleasure? A hot fudge sundae with whipped cream and a bright red cherry or a warm apple pie with a scoop of ice cream? Crème brêulée, strawberry shortcake, red velvet, or cheesecake? The choices are endless, with more “invented” every day. We’re wired to love sweet.

*Mousse means foam or froth in French. *The Palace of Versailles, in the early 1700s, often served savory salmon or goat cheese mousse at the royal banquets. *Many foodies believe that Henri Toulouse Lautrec, the famous post-impressionist painter, invented chocolate mousse in the late

  Legends can be as yummy as the food they describe. Take mousse. It’s a savory or sweet dish that uses air bubbles to give it a light texture. The word “mousse” means foam in French. Some foodies believe that the famous post-impressionist artist, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, invented

  *Avocados are single-seed berries (fruit) not vegetables. *You can ripen an avocado quickly by putting it in a bag with bananas. *Avocados provide “healthy fat” that reduces bad cholesterol. *Hass Avocado, the most popular variety in the world, was patented by Rudolph Gustav Ha

  Avocados. They’re quite a mouthful with different names, colors, and shapes. Fortunately, under the peel they’re basically the same. Think it’s a vegetable? Wrong. An avocado is a single-seed berry (fruit); more like a mango than a celery stalk. The botanic name is persea ameri