The news percolating across the Internet a few months ago that chocolate can help you lose weight turns out to be a hoax. Science journalist
Category: Food Science
Science Giveth and Science Taketh Away
Science is proving that wine snobs are correct (but being snobs we knew that anyway)–the glass matters. By mapping the distribution of alcohol leaving the
Stupid Wine Journalism
One of the big debates in the wine world is over the virtues of ripe, alcoholic fruit bombs vs. subtle, restrained wines with lower alcohol.
Water Futures
We’re grasping at straws (and drinking through them as well) here in California as the drought continues with no end in sight, and state-imposed mandatory
Food Pairing Theory on the Ropes?
Food pairing theory asserts that foods that share flavor molecules go well together. The more flavor molecules they have in common the more we like
Arsenic in Your Wine?
The Internet is aflame with the news, released from a commercial testing lab last week, that levels of arsenic up to 4-5 times what is
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 