Food chemistry

Nitrites are making news again (and again). A new 20-year study reports that men with the highest intake of nitrites had a 23% higher risk of colorectal cancer.

Pop Quiz Time

At the risk of being labeled as an extraterrestrial entity, I’ll make my disclosure up front: I don’t like beer. [1] Let the hating begin.

Ever had a Diet Coke that tasted awful—sour, metallic, like death itself? (1) There’s a scientific reason for that.