The Encyclopaedia of American Food and Drink states that on the average, an American eats 3 hamburgers per week. Overall, Americans consume up to 38 billion annually. Rule #1. Cut it into smaller bites to prevent getting ketchup and mustard stains all across your rosy cheeks. Rule #2. Hold it correctly. If you would rather eat it without cutting it into smaller pieces, be sure to hold it correctly. Well, the best way is to leave the burger in its wrap, or wrap the bottom with a napkin, or tissues.

Rule #3. Do not squeeze your burger too hard or the juices will start to spill and get all over you. You wouldn’t want your mommy to be grumpy about the grease drippings on your clothes.

Rule #4. Chew it nicely and steadily, preferably with your mouth closed. Nobody would like to see chewed-up hamburger working its way around your mouth. You may become an unwelcome lunch companion.

Rule #5. In addition to that, please do not talk with your mouth full. That’s definitely a no-no. For the same reason as Rule #3, talking between bites will disgust your dining partner and burger juices may start to drip all over you. Urmm…

Chocolate isn’t just a candy. Before maids started leaving wrapped mints on hotel pillows at night, chocolate had some varied and esoteric uses. The beans, which emerged from the forests of Central America, were used as a monetary unit in paying taxes to the Aztecs in 1000A.D. Cocoa had been grown and harvested for centuries, with evidence of its existence in the region going back another 5,000 years.

Caviar is an expensive delicacy consisting of the unfertilised eggs or roe of a fish known as sturgeon, brining with saline solution. Classic caviar comes from Iran or Russia, harvested by commercial fishermen working in the Caspian Sea. Apparently, a specific species of sturgeon called Beluga is considered to be the best caviar in the world, and the most expensive; with present market prices ranging from USD 7,000 to USD 10,000 per kg.

Caviar should never be served using metal based utensils which will tarnish its taste by developing a metallic-like taste to the caviar. Ideally, caviar should be scooped out using spoons made of bone or mother of pearl. And caviar served on a small cracker should be eaten in just one bite. To the caviar enthusiast, the flavour of caviar is often characterised as an intense explosion of complex flavours.

Some people think that the infamous Kopi Luwak coffee is a myth, or perhaps an urban legend. Well, it is the real deal, folks. The Kopi Luwak comes from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an area well-known for its excellent coffee beans. These coffee beans have been eaten by and then passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet or scientifically known as Paradoxus hermaphrodites.

While the bean is in the little mammal’s stomach, it undergoes chemical treatments and fermentations; which result in its rich, heavy flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate undertone. Other terms used to describe it are earthy, musty and exotic. The body is almost syrupy and it’s very smooth. The Luwak Coffee is indisputably the world’s rarest and most exclusive coffee, and of course, the price – outrageous. If you are able to find a vendor… the current market price per kilogram is USD 1,000.

While ambrosia was known in ancient literature as the food of the gods, in India, it is the mango that is considered the heavenly diet of deities. And little wonder, since 70% of India’s fruit industry grows mangos, which produce 65% of the world’s consumption.

Mango is the national fruit of India because of its ready availability, and the huge trees which yield a steady and large crop. Reaching heights of 120ft. or more, the mango tree sports an evergreen leaf that starts out orange/pink, then ripens to a shining red, and finally to a rich green, in a reverse of the ripening process of fruits like the papaya.