Taking the Leap: My Experience as an IFTSA Leader By Michael Diehl (IFTSA Immediate Past President) I like long walks on the beach and free stuff…oh wait. We’re talking about the privilege it has been to serve on the...
By: Alex Pierce-Feldmeyer My significant other, Jake, once asked me what is the difference between Belgian waffles and the waffles we have in America. Being a doctor of food science, I was peeved that I did not know the...
By: Eileen Foerster Now that the semester is coming to an end, hibernating indoors is starting to sound more and more appealing, but most importantly, it’s the time for holiday foods! We all have traditions with our family and...
By: Amanda Sia, Abbie Sommer and Mackenzie Hannum Featured Image by Pickwriters “The time for food is now.” – Maria Velissariou Food science is a major and a career that spans across many disciplines. Some people study chemistry, microbiology,...
BY: BRIAN NYAKUNDI Imagine the initial unpleasant and jarring sour taste that comes from biting into a lime. Now imagine biting into the same lime and instead of tasting a disgusting sourness, you now experience an explosion of pleasing...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN Introduction The year is 2008. I’m a very impressionable 14 year old, sitting in class listening to my friends talk about their weekend. 14 year old friend: “My family and I crossed the Canada/US border to...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN How many of us have woken up in the middle of the night, hungry for something substantial, yet quick and easy to make? Anything using the oven or stove is out, as is cutting up and...
BY: ALEX PIERCE-FELDMEYER Do you ever feel that two superficially unrelated disciplines actually share commonalities once you dig a little deeper? Take science and art for example. They seem like totally different ends of a spectrum, but to a...
BY: MACKENZIE HANNUM “What is food science?” Don’t get me wrong, I love food science. I love it enough in fact to be getting a PhD in it, however over the years I have begun to grow slightly cynical...
BY: DANIELLE RATH Moderating caffeine intake can be a challenge. There are some days it seems there’s not enough caffeine in the world to keep your mind focused or your eyes from drooping, and there are other days when...