By Diana Maricruz Perez Santos When my friend Tom invited me to participate in this blog, he suggested I write about my research topic. I remember my answer: “24/7 is a lot gelatinized starch for me.” I have even...
By Dr. Benjamin Chapman I’m a total food safety nerd. Had I not emailed my graduate school mentor, colleague and friend Doug Powell in the winter of 2000 looking for an on-campus summer job (while I was an undergraduate...
By Lily Yang A project I’ve recently been working on with a fellow food science friend has us both perusing the depths of Youtube to uncover the latest and greatest of burger videos. Yup! You read that right, upwards...
By Kristy Vest Fermentation creates a junction where science, food, and art intersect. It is microbiology meets sensory science meets pure delight! This post suggests just a few of the principals involved in the creation of a fermented masterpiece....
By: Emily Wolter My parents visited me at school a few weeks before summer came to an end and, one evening after dinner, we made our way to the Krispy Kreme donut shop for a sweet treat. Little did...
By: Thomas Siebertz As Felicia referenced in yesterday’s post, science met food last week when the first hamburger grown from cow muscle tissue was prepared and eaten at a live event in London after years of research and over...
By: Thomas Siebertz I received my copy of Poisoned on Friday and was finished with the 300-page novel by Sunday night. I just could not put it down. The book, which reads like a movie, tells the story of...
Guest Post By: Jason Simas (Introduction by: Thomas Siebertz) I started following @Ipura (Jason Simas) on Twitter after seeing some really interesting articles about food safety from his feed. I was curious to know who was writing for...
By: Thomas Siebertz …continued from Monday’s (April 22) post…. Communicating About Food Issues In the Age of Social Media This was one of my favorite panels, not only because I’m a huge fan of Ben Chapman...
By: Thomas Siebertz On April 15 and 16 I had the pleasure of attending the Food Policy Conference hosted by the Consumer Federation of America in Washington, DC. It covered a lot of different topics such as the...