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Lamb and Mutton: An Overview of Sheep Farming

Next time you’re busy in your kitchen, whipping up one of your amazing dishes, just pause for a moment and look around. What do 99.9% of the ingredients in your dishes and the food in your kitchen have in common?…

caramel sauce made with sucrose + acid

3 Ways to Make a Caramel Sauce

There are literally countless recipes for caramel sauces. But, if you look more closely, you’ll find just 3 recurring patterns in these recipes. You can use brown sugar, caramelize sugar, or, make use of the Maillard reaction to make a…

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The Sugary Science Behind Candy Making

Want to make your own sugar candy? Develop your own recipes? Maybe even start your own candy-making business? But do you feel like you’re only able to follow a recipe? Scared that even the slightest tweak will result in a…