Wait…coconuts aren’t tree nuts?! By: Ahhria Kirkendall You read that right, friend. Now, you might be wondering, “How so? It’s got ‘nut’ in its name, and grows on a tree,” and that would seem to make perfect sense! Believe...
By Jacob Webster-Jones Why do certain foods taste good together? In a world full of different flavors, we should have an astronomical amount of tasty combinations just waiting to be discovered. The food pairing theory states that foods...
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BY: LAUREN SIPPLE A Brief History of Sour Beer When beer was first invented (or perhaps more accurately, discovered), it consisted of two ingredients: grain and water. Although unbeknownst to the people of the time, wild yeast such as...
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: JOHN GLEESON, PhD Few friendships are cultivated from birth, but an essential relationship between food and the intestine starts from the very day you are born. If your intestines aren’t functioning properly (possibly due to a disease) then...
BY: NICOLE ARNOLD AND LILY YANG In 1906, the Federal Food and Drugs Act (Pure Food and Drug Act) was passed to prevent the sale, manufacture, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded foods, medicine, drugs, and liquor. With exposés...
BY: ALEX PIERCE-FELDMEYER In recent years, it seems the stars have aligned for food bars. And when I say bars I am not referring to bars people frequent to imbibe adult beverages. I am talking about the compressed, (usually)...
BY: LILY YANG AND NICOLE ARNOLD Hepatitis A Outbreaks Should the Hepatitis A vaccine be made mandatory for those working in the food industry? Currently, this question is being posed as Hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks associated with food,...
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...