A Heat Map for Your Taste Buds. Spice is wildly personal: what tastes “pleasantly warm” to one person can feel like a death sentence to someone else. Still, certain cuisines are famous for building serious…
When The Risky Stuff Feels Routine. Nobody wakes up planning to run a bacteria lab next to the cutting board. The trouble is that the grossest kitchen habits are usually the most ordinary ones, the…
Which Beloved Places Actually Carry the Right Kind of Heat?. Spicy fast food can be wildly satisfying when it’s done right—but doing it right is a heck of a lot harder than it sounds. For…
Vault of Flavor. You've probably spent at least one late night wondering exactly what makes your favorite drive-thru burger so addictive. While these companies claim their success comes from "quality ingredients," we all know the…
The Pantry of Human Progress. You might think that world history is only shaped by powerful leaders and grand battles, but the contents of your kitchen cabinet have played an even bigger role in our…
Don't Say These to Your Barista. Baristas usually want your drink to taste great and your visit to go smoothly, but the job is also fast-paced, physically demanding, and tightly timed (yes, and names can…
Just Skip The Reservation. Eating well at home has less to do with expensive ingredients and more to do with knowing a few techniques that professional kitchens use every single night. The gap between a…
Your Pantry Has A Long Memory, And It Shows. You buy something with a plan, tuck it away, and weeks later it tastes stale, smells faintly off, or has taken on that off-putting flavor that…
Humans Really Will Eat Anything. You might be surprised to learn that your kitchen pantry is essentially a low-stakes chemical lab. Evolution has spent millions of years arming plants and animals with nasty toxins to…
