You've been cooking pasta for years, maybe decades. Water, salt, noodles.Simple enough, right? Here's the thing: that pot of ...

When it comes to blood sugar levels, most people think avoiding desserts should be enough. They overlook the starches present in some of the foods that comprise their main meals. This is a problem ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Key Laboratory of Crop Chemical Regulation and Chemical Weed Control, College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China Crop rotation can affect crop productivity and soil ...

There's nothing quite like a fresh portion of fish and chips after a long day at the beach. While many chippies might think they've perfected their recipes, scientists believe there is still room for ...

Starches from some legume grown in Cameroon were evaluated for their granule structure and size, turbidity, firmness and gel strength, thermal and freeze-thaw ...

Sauces are delicately balanced recipes designed to keep a dish from being too runny, too thick, or curdling. What are the three pillars they lean on? Find out. The term “stew” has its roots in the Old ...

Is it a success because it stimulates our hibernating palates, or have we been seduced into enjoying what is little more than our just deserts? According to the film critic A.S. Hamrah, television is ...

Let’s say you need concrete, but limestone isn’t available. At all, like, on the planet. What are you going to do? That’s what researchers are examining, and the results are always interesting. The ...

How do you turn a grain into a flat fluffy flake? Take a look at the science behind poha, and see which is better - thick flakes or thin. In this week’s Sound Bites. Indians were consuming poha – ...