Is It Vegan?

Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide that has several useful properties as a food additive.1 Due to all of the advances in production technology that’ve taken place over the last 20 years … Read more

A scone is a baked food product that originated in British. It’s usually made from wheat or oatmeal and chemical leaveners. I just got done writing an article on biscuits … Read more

The term “biscuit” comes from the Latin word “bis cotus”, meaning “twice-baked”.1 As such, “Biscuit” is a name for several forms of a flour-based baked food product. In North America, … Read more

Crepe or Crêpe is the French word for a thin pancake-like quick bread used to wrap other ingredients, like cheese, or Nutella, etc. They can also be served flat or … Read more

A pancake aka flapjack, hotcake, or griddlecake is a flat cake made from a starch-based batter that’s prepared on a hot griddle or frying pan. The food has been around … Read more

Waffles are a popular breakfast food made from leavened batter cooked between two heated plates that have been patterned to yield a characteristic surface impression. They differ from pancakes in … Read more

Guacamole or simply “guac” in North America is an avocado-based food product used as a dip, salad, or spread.1,2 It’s been around for a long time and was actually first … Read more

Root beer is a sweet soft drink traditionally produced using, as its primary flavor, the vine of Smilax ornata (sarsaparilla) or the bark from the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum.1 It’s … Read more

As a vegan, a tasty, crispy treat will be coming into your life in the near future. Also, be warned because a dubious fortune cookie will be posing as a … Read more

Nilla Wafers (formerly Vanilla Wafers) is a brand of vanilla-flavored cookies owned by Nabisco. The company has a number of wafer-style vanilla-flavored cookies, and Nilla Wafers are the most iconic. … Read more