A meal is an occasion that occurs at a specific time and involves the consumption of food. The English names used for specific meals vary, depending on the speaker's culture, the time of day, or the s
Traditionally, meals have been prepared by women in a home kitchen (painting from the circle of Jean-Baptiste de Saive, 1563).
Floris Claesz. van Dyck 001
Breakfast is the first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night. Various "typical" or "traditional" breakfast menu
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…supper as the late afternoon/early evening meal, while others may call their midday meal lunch and their early evening meal supper or dinner. Except for breakfast, these names can vary from region to region or even from family to family. Breakfast is the first meal of a day, most often eaten in the early morning…
A typical American breakfast, composed of a waffle, fruits, juice and scrambled eggs
A medieval baker with his apprentice. As seen in the illustration, round loaves were among the most common.
A family breakfast in the Isan region of Thailand