Today, many new food companies attempt to compete in the very competitive world of snack foods not by coming up with a unique product, but by attempting to create a unique and inspiring story behind their company. Visit a website for one of these young and hip companies, and you’ll have to read pages of positive feel-good […]
Skin Turns Orange or Yellow From Too Many Carrots?
It is true that eating too many carrots, drinking a lot of carrot juice, or taking excessive amounts of beta-carotene supplements can actually turn your skin a yellow to orange color. This condition is known as carotenemia. It occurs because the carotene is fat-soluble and when you consume large amounts of it, it builds up in […]
What Is Freezer Burn?
Before I begin to explain about freezer burn, I want to give you a tip that has to do with freezer burn. If you buy frozen berries at the grocery store, feel the bag to see if the berries seem to be frozen separately. If they are one solid block, they may already be freezer-burned! […]
Difference Between Real and Fake White Chocolate
What is Real White Chocolate? If you are looking for real white chocolate, the first thing you need to know is that white chocolate is not actually chocolate. Chocolate is always a brown to black color. White chocolate is a white confection that is used extensively in candy and dessert making, however. Although it cannot […]
Do Chinese People Hate American Chinese Food?
Before you complain about the Americanized Chinese food you get from your local Chinese restaurant, keep in mind that it is Chinese immigrants themselves who invented it. The first major influx of Chinese immigrants into the U.S. occurred during the 1850’s, when large numbers of Chinese immigrants came to San Franciso, mostly due to the […]
Are Cucumbers Really Cold? Is That Why We Say Cool as a Cucumber?
Yes, the inside of cucumbers are cooler than their surroundings, but that doesn’t mean as much as you think. If you were to pick up a room temperature cucumber and insert a temperature probe into it, you’d find it to be somewhat cooler than the temperature of the room. You may even find it to […]