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Why is a tomato red? Why an orange orange? What does an egg consist of? Why is an Oreo black?
Those are just a few of the questions we ask ourselves when truly digging into our food ingredients. When you really understand and research your ingredients, you will better understand how your food is made. So, we research food ingredients extensively, to help you feel more comfortable using them and knowing how they work.
If you want to learn more about how ingredients change when you use them check out our posts on using ingredients.
If you want to compare ingredients and know which one to choose for which application, we have a category for that too!
Previous step: all these ingredients started out at a farm!
There are so many different types of cheese: brie, fresh cheese, mozzarella, gruyere, parmezan, Gouda, paneer, emmentaler and I could go on for a lot longer. What’s interesting though is how they just about all depend on one type of…
In some cases, making and using fresh homemade pasta is worth it. In lasagna for instance where the pasta will actually absorb some of those sauces and doesn’t need as long to cook in the oven if it’s fresh. However,…
Oreo cookies seem to be omni-present in recipe world. You seem to be able to use them for anything (besides just eating them as such of course). There’s Oreo cookie ice cream, Oreo cookie milk shakes, Oreo cookie pie crust,…
Adding cinnamon to a sweet sticky roll immediately makes it less sweet. An apple pie with cinnamon is so much richer in flavour. A hint of cinnamon in a stew adds a lot more depth to the dish. The aromatic…
Just the other day we went out for dinner to celebrate a special occasion. The weather was great, we sat outside until late in the evening. Since the restaurant had a surprise option we went for that one, of course.…
After harvest, fruits and vegetables continue to ‘live’. The respiration of fruits and vegetables keeps on going until all supplies have been depleted. For keeping fruits and vegetables fresh it is essential that you try to keep respiration going on…
Tea should be as sharp as a two-edged sword and as bitter as wormwood. It’s a well known saying about British tea, but too be honest, not very applicable to me, which is why in my last post in the…
Just imagine how the world would look like if there weren’t any colors. Everything would be in black and white, light and dark. Life would be less interesting, nature less beautiful and, oranges wouldn’t be orange! Fruits and vegetables contain…
Additives in food, a lot of people start cringing simply by hearing the word. Whereas it’s good to look at what’s in your food, it’s not good to just cringe by every chemical word you hear. Not everything that sounds bad is bad, just like not…
Wheat flour is one of those staple ingredients that’s in just about any pantry in this world. And if you don’t have wheat flour, you probably have some other sort of flour in your cupboard for sure. It’s also one…
The science of food is fascinating. Whether it is while baking a cake or frying a steak, I keep on looking into the science of my food. In order to do that best, you should understand the science of your…
Everthing new starts by understanding the basics. One of the basic ingredients used in food is butter. This one-page infographic should help you understand all the science basics when it comes to butter. Just a heads up, I’m based in…