Sweet and salty ingredients make a powerful combination in many savory dishes but this flavor profile shouldn't be overlooked when making desserts. Much like a dash of salt can add the final touch to ...
Who doesn't love sizzling hot, bright, greasy, umami-flavoured takeout food on a winter evening? When you are pregnant, you may begin questioning every ingredient added to food. One ingredient that ...
Calvin Eng, the owner of New York-based Cantonese-American restaurant Bonnie’s, isn’t shy about his love for monosodium glutamate. Case in point – he has the letters “MSG” tattooed on his arm, and his ...
Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified personal trainer and author based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent nearly 20 years helping ...
For years, advertising and media connected the ingredient to “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.” Here’s what led to the misconception—and how MSG is being reclaimed today. Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, is ...
Chinese restaurants are my family’s thing. It’s a very common immigrant story; it was the starter kit for Ronald Reagan’s American dream. Though it’s long gone, I can remember my family’s second ...