Is cooking a science? For years, many home cooks—myself included—would have said no. A kitchen is a place we go in search of warmth and coziness. I used to find the idea of treating this homely space ...

Food is something every single person on the planet deals with multiple times a day. We eat, we taste, we crave, we feel full. Seems simple enough, right? Except it really isn't. Beneath every bite ...

Love them or hate them, leftovers are a near-inevitability of the holiday season. That's especially true if you're gathering with a lot of loved ones who are all bringing their own dishes to the table ...

Three Harvard University professors bring their popular class to print in this astute exploration of how and why food recipes do what they do. While the authors note this is “ultimately not a cookbook ...

Did you know that cooking food might have started as long as 2 million years ago resulting in a profound influence on the evolution of early humans? With the development of agriculture beginning about ...

From freshly baked bread to a cup of coffee, food is a sensory experience that connects us all. When it comes to how our food is made, however, we rarely focus on the science that is used to create it ...