Home›Categories›Open QuestionsCategoriesOpen QuestionsCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextFood and Drink Atlas. "Open Questions." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-index.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextFood and Drink Atlas. (n.d.). Open Questions. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-indexCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{foodanddrinkatlas-open-questions, author = {Food and Drink Atlas}, title = {Open Questions}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-index}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingCross-Tradition ConnectionsComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsContainsBy what route did the chili pepper reach Hungary and become paprika?, Open Questions Well-attested Did agave distillation exist in Mesoamerica before Spanish contact?, Open Questions Well-attested Did biryani originate in the Mughal royal kitchens under Akbar, or did it reach the Deccan earlier via Persian-influenced travelers?, Open Questions Well-attested Did jerk seasoning and slow smoking originate with the Indigenous Taino, with Maroon communities of escaped enslaved Africans, or as a fusion of both?, Open Questions Well-attested Did vodka originate in Poland or in Russia?, Open Questions Well-attested Does a wild ancestor of cultivated ginger survive, and where was it first domesticated?, Open Questions Well-attested How far back does nixtamalization actually reach in Mesoamerica?, Open Questions Well-attested How far does coffee drinking or cultivation in Ethiopia predate the earliest 15th-century documented evidence from Yemen?, Open Questions Well-attested In what century, region or single tradition did street food culture (selling ready-to-eat food from stalls and shopfronts to city dwellers) first arise, if it arose in one place at all?, Open Questions Well-attested In what specific century or decade did the mezze custom of serving small dishes with drink begin?, Open Questions Well-attested Was the coconut domesticated once, in the Indo-Pacific, or independently twice, in the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins?, Open Questions Well-attested When was distillation apparatus first turned specifically to drinkable alcohol, rather than perfumes, medicines or other substances?, Open Questions Well-attested Where and when did kombucha originate?, Open Questions Well-attested Which bartender and establishment actually invented the pina colada?, Open Questions Well-attested Which country or people first prepared hummus as it is known today?, Open Questions Well-attested Which culinary tradition, Byzantine and Greek, Arabic, or Central Asian Turkic, is baklava's true ancestor?, Open Questions Well-attested Which Puebla convent, nun or friar first prepared mole poblano?, Open Questions Well-attested Who first combined fried fish and fried chipped potatoes into the dish now called fish and chips, and where?, Open Questions Well-attested Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year