Science Meets Food

19 July

Are You Missing Out?

By: Emily Wolter Are you involved in professional organizations within your field? For food scientists, IFT (and the student association, IFTSA) is a great organization, which appeals to the wide variety of fields within food science. If you aren’t...

Conferences & Expos, Confessions, Education & Experiments, I HEART FOOD SCIENCE, IFT & IFTSA, IFT14 1 Comment

05 July

Great Summer Read: Taste What You’re Missing by Barb Stuckey

By: Justin Chao Taste What You’re Missing by Barb Stuckey was a great introduction to the basics of taste physiology. In her book, Barb Stuckey gives a good introduction to how each of our five senses contributes to...

reviews, sensory science Education & Experiments 2 Comments

02 July

Student Activities at the IFT AMFE

By: Emily Wolter I hope you have registered for the IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo in Chicago…It’s right around the corner, July 13th – 16th! In addition to indulging in too much pizza, students have a slew of...

Chapter Activity, Competitions, IFT & IFTSA, IFT14 6 Comments

11 June

Food Truck Fever

By: Emily Wolter Is it just me or are food trucks sweeping the nation!? IBISWorld confirms this suspicion, stating that the street vendor industry has grown 8.4% on average in the past 5 years. Certain food trucks will...

food trucks, reviews Uncategorized 1 Comment

29 May

Summer Reading List

By: Bethany Richardson So the semester is over and for some of us (sadly not yet for me) have a little more free time on our hands, so I thought I would suggest a few fun summer books...

reviews, summer reading Education & Experiments 4 Comments

24 May

Food Science Club Happenings: LSU

By: Behannis Mena This has been a great year for the LSU Food Science Club. In order to motivate and obtain more participation from the club´s members, we implemented several new activities that encompass all the four main...

Chapter Activity 1 Comment

21 May

Insects: they’re what’s for dinner?

By: Kim Au Back when I was a middle schooler, I would go to the to the candy store every so often to get root beer barrels and popcorn-flavored jelly beans. Next to the register would always be a...

Health & Nutrition 4 Comments

17 May

Food Science Club Happenings: UC Davis

By: BreeAnn Crofts The past couple of months have been busy for the Food Tech Club at UC Davis. In April, the Food Tech Club officers from 2012-2013 handed over the reins to a new cabinet of officers...

Chapter Activity 1 Comment

14 May

Food Science Club Happenings: NC State

By: Lisa Rosenberg April is usually a time to begin wrapping up the semester as students begin preparing for graduation, summer, and new futures. For us, it meant a crazy busy month of club activities and events before...

Chapter Activity 1 Comment

09 May

“What’s that thing on your face?”

By: Bethany Richardson You might be thinking, “what an odd title for an article,” but it comes from a comment fellow author Thomas Siebertz left on my “Show us your OFG!” post. The answer? A sniff port...

Research 4 Comments