food science

I love coffee. It is the stuff of life. I cannot function a day without it. But it has one serious flaw: it never…

A company called Lab Farm Foods has unveiled a demonstration of its lab-grown meat project with three prototypes:…

No prize in mathematics is more prestigious than the Fields Medal, and no prize in general is more widely recognized…

Most of the chocolate we know and love consists of cocoa solids, sugar, and milk solids that are emulsified with…

Whether you love or hate cherry-flavored candies and sodas, we can all agree on one thing: none of this stuff tastes…

I know what you all are thinking, and the answer is no, Jell-O is not made from horses’ hooves. Any more questions?

At the first restaurant I ever worked in, I was in charge of making the hand-cut fries that we’d pile atop bowls of…

If you can’t trust Serious Eats to provide the nerdiest, most comprehensive, scientifically tested recipe for…

Ever wonder why biting into a fresh bag of potato chips is so dang satisfying? To answer that question, and pay…

For those of us who are concerned (and, to be frank, utterly terrified) about climate change, it’s become clear that…

Were you blown away by the invention of a burger patty made of soy protein? Please. As usual, the Scandinavians are…

Welcome to another installment of Ingredients Decoded, where we check the ingredients label on a packaged food,…

This time of year I’ll eat white chocolate in any form. It’s a position that didn’t change even after consuming a…

It’s still too early to say for sure, but a bunch of 4- to 11-year-olds in London might have been instrumental to a…

There are many things wrong with turkey, but you can not longer blame it for making you sleepy on Thanksgiving. Yes,…

Update, October 22, 2019: The lawyer who has brought this suit isn’t just suing Wegmans; he is going after every…

Whenever a study emerges to herald the health benefits of drinking any kind of alcohol, it’s often met with a bit of…

Fast food has often been linked to high cholesterol in humans over the years, but what does it do to the scavenging…

For some Western diners, the idea of eating bugs is still beyond the pale. Across much of the rest of the world,…

A study from the Leeds School Of Business at the University Of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University’s…