Vegetarian Diet: Essential Nutrients You Need to Know About
A vegetarian diet can be healthy when well planned, but simply removing meat isn’t enough. You also need to replace the nutrients it provides with a varied mix of plant-based protein, whole grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables and other nutrient-rich foods. The key to a healthy vegetarian diet isn’t just what you leave out, but what […]
Why Does Pizza Dough Shrink When You Stretch It? Here’s How to Fix It
You’ve made your pizza dough, let it rise and are ready to shape your pizza. But as soon as you start stretching it, the dough pulls back and becomes smaller again. So, why does it happen? Pizza – Roberto Caporuscio @roberto_caporuscio | Kesté Pizza & Vino @kestepizza Why Does Pizza Dough Shrink? The main reason […]
Can You Eat Moldy Cheese? When It’s Safe and When to Throw It Away
Finding mold on cheese can be alarming. But does every patch of mold mean you have to throw the entire piece away? Not necessarily. Whether cheese is safe to eat after mold appears depends on the type of cheese, the type of mold, and how much of the cheese is affected. Why Does Cheese Get […]
How to Pick the Perfect Watermelon: 5 Signs It’s Sweet and Ripe
A ripe watermelon should be sweet, juicy, and full of flavor – but choosing one at the store can feel like a guessing game. Since you can’t cut it open to check the inside, knowing how to pick a watermelon comes down to looking for a few simple clues. From the color of the field […]
Why Do We Always Have Room for Dessert? The Science Explained
You’ve just finished a big dinner. You’re full, your stomach feels packed, and you’re sure you couldn’t eat another bite. Then someone brings out dessert. Suddenly, that slice of cake, bowl of ice cream or piece of chocolate looks impossible to resist. Somehow, you have room again. It may feel like you have a mysterious […]
When Chocolate Changes Lives
How Chocolate Helps Cancer Patients Taste Again For Belgian chocolatier Julius Persoone, the idea began with a simple question: what if food could help people experience something they had lost? How It All Started The collaboration began when Persoone was paired with Dr. Thomas Moore, a doctor specialising in patients with throat cancer. Together, they […]