While decaf coffee may not keep you up all night, research suggests that it might have an impact on your heart health. Scientists at the Piedmont Mercer Center for Health and Learning found that because caffeine-free coffee tends to be made from beans with a higher fat content than other coffee.
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Necessity is the mother of invention, but fortuitous accidents often play a role in creating the products we now consider iconic. The ICEE (and thus its 7-Eleven spinoff, the Slurpee) combines a little bit of both.
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Heinz didn't make it onto the ketchup scene until 1869. But it was in 1834, in the hands of Dr. John Cook Bennet, that tomato ketchup caught its big break — but it wasn't as the condiment that we know and love today.
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Nobody wants to deal with sad shrimp — it's there to add texture, flavor, and lovely color to your pasta, your stir fry, or your salad. Here's why your shrimp comes out rubbery.
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If you're a vegetarian, there's a seemingly innocuous food you're going to have to add to the list of ones to avoid: Campbell's vegetable soup. Campbell's soup is a staple in many households in the winter months, but vegetarians aren't going to like that beef broth figures prominently in the recipe.
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Although there are a few different methods for making instant coffee, it often begins as regular coffee, which is then freeze-dried. This turns it into a shelf-stable powder which can be turned back into coffee when mixed with hot water. Does it ever expire?
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There's nothing that says brunch like a plate of eggs Benedict. However, some chefs say it's best to avoid it — particularly since it's topped off with hollandaise sauce. Why is that?
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There are few matches that are made in food heaven in the same way as the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But like all good partnerships, it took a while before PB&J became a thing, particularly since all of its component parts weren't invented at the same time.
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If you just read that title and you're cringing so hard, worried that the next time you go to make yourself a tasty omelet you might wind up experiencing something more akin to the unique delicacy that is balut –- well, fear not.
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If you weren't aware, there are quite a few things, like flour, that you should never throw down your kitchen sink's drain. Potato peels are another one of those items that should just never be washed away and ground up in the disposal even though people do often peel potatoes over the sink.
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One bar which predates many of the new keto and gluten-free options is the Clif bar, with its distinctive label of a rock climber undertaking what appears to be a very nail-biting climb. Newer iterations have introduced famous athletes like Venus Williams and Megan Rapinoe in sporty poses.
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True whiskey connoisseurs will say that adding a couple of drops of water to your glass actually improves and enhances the taste of the drink. Is that true?
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Despite the variety of foods prepared, a common theme floats throughout many Juneteenth spreads: the color red.
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Summer sipping has gotten a lot easier, and no one is complaining about it. So far this year Aldi has released a new fruity series of sangrias and PBR announced a new hard peach tea flavor, but Jack Daniel's new canned cocktails are the portable drink we didn't know we needed.
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Of all the foods that people use to symbolize the United States, apple pie takes the cake. Is it an American recipe, though?
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If only the spiciest of spicy foods are your ghost pepper jam, if your idea of a trip to Flavortown is more like other people's vision of the ninth circle of hell, if you scoff at a few million Scoville units...what does your body think of all this chili consumption?
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Bakers have managed to preserve sourdough starters for years, and even decades. But before reaching that level of sourdough commitment, what's the best way to store it?
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The Lunchables war has been fought between kids and their parents since Oscar Meyer's highly-processed lunch kits first entered the school cafeteria scene in 1988. Children beg for the brightly colored boxes of deli meat and snacks, which were intentionally designed to look like a gift.
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Liquid nitrogen has become a flashy new way to make a ton of foods through ultra-fast flash freezing. While traditional, churned ice cream takes time, liquid nitrogen makes fresh ice cream almost instantly.
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For well over a century, the practice of drinking raw eggs has been touted by fitness enthusiasts and bodybuilders as a quick and efficient way to gain weight. Is it safe to do so, though?
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Whether or not you've been to Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, you've probably heard of the fast-growing chain, their tasty chicken, and their much-loved sauce.
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Keurig machines have their own series of drawbacks. However, they certainly have one thing going for them — they're super convenient. You shouldn't use distilled water in the machine, though.
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If you've never heard of people pouring salted peanuts into a bottle of Coca-Cola, then you are most likely not from the South. To be more exact, you're probably not from the rural South, which is where this snack is really found (even those who live in urban areas of the region are not familiar).
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Buried somewhere deep in your brain may be the story of McDonald's recalling a million Chicken McNuggets a few years back. What was that all about?
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Love 'em or hate 'em, mushrooms are a fungus to be reckoned with. Assuming most eaters aren't chowing down on raw caps and stems, those who look to mushrooms as a health food should keep in mind that some of those benefits can be altered, depending on the particular cooking process used.
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Many people have gone gluten free, whether it's due to celiac disease, gluten sensitivities, or it just makes you feel better not digesting it. The popularity of gluten-free product options has inflated over the years — unfortunately, so too have the prices.
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Those imbibing more than one type of alcoholic beverage on a night out might recall the old adages that recommend a preferred drinking order — namely, that drinking beer before wine is better than drinking wine before beer. Does it really matter, though?
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