BY: ALEX PIERCE-FELDMEYER Have you ever heard of Hagelschlag? If so, you are either well traveled or Dutch. You are also very lucky because Hagelshlag is a culturally derived personification of Heaven. Imagine it being perfectly acceptable to put...
By: Danielle Robertson Rath Is it just me, or does everyone dread Thanksgiving dinner? I’m all for eating copious amounts of food and expressing the many things for which I am thankful. However, when family gatherings roll around, I...
By: Amelia Chen I specifically made sure I had a giant bag of pretzels for my trek from Wisconsin to California, knowing the rest of my diet would be supplemented with leftovers from my stops along the way. And...
By: John Gleeson Boo…if Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, that would make Hallowe’en the most magical and mystical time of the year. It’s no surprise food plays a central role in Hallowe’en; it evokes mental...
By: Alex Pierce-Feldmeyer As Halloween arrives, ‘trick or treat’ is a popular phrase used to get a handful of delicious, sweet morsels. But what if you did get tricked? What if instead of a chocolate malt ball, you were...
Name: Sanjay Gummalla, PhD Job title: Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs Company: American Frozen Food Institute IFT Division(s) to which you belong: Food Laws and Regulations Division, Refrigerated and Frozen Foods Division How did...
By: Vanessa Herrera Mars is a desert (not dessert) with harsh conditions but plenty of opportunity for finding solutions to Earthly challenges. As scientists, the unknown fascinates us and our curiosity moves us to search for answers. The...
By: Nicole Arnold & Lily Yang For most cat owners, Charles Carlos’s (aka Charlie Cat), strangeness and fluctuating love-hate personality is nothing new. To add to his weird behavior, he has an obsession with drinking running water from the...
By: John Gleeson Who doesn’t love reading the label of a food product? If you are like me, you start thinking “What wonderful things does this fancy new health product offer me!? Calcium? Maybe super strength?”. Them bones, them...
We sat down with Irene Pagana, a Product Development and Sourcing Manager at SK Food Group Inc., to get the scoop on how she goes about hiring entry level food scientists to her team and get the answers on...