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26 September

The Science of Sour Beer

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...

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11 July

Koji

By Bryan Quoc Le | www.bryanquocle.com Koji in the Kitchen Koji is gaining a resurgence in the amateur culinary community as people are finding new ways to apply this ancient mold culture to cooking.1 Koji is traditionally used in Oriental cuisine...

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06 June

The Story and Science of Soy Sauce

By Bryan Quoc Le | 150 Food Science Questions Answered Origins of Soy Sauce The original predecessors of soy sauce began to appear in China more than 2,500 years ago. Salt was scarce and expensive at the time, and...

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12 October

Should the Hepatitis A vaccine be made mandatory for those working in the food industry? Get the rundown on the Hepatitis A virus

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,...

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