The handful of times I’ve been lucky enough to visit Europe, I’ve enjoyed many an amazing meal. In Belgium, I sampled all the beer and chocolate. In Italy, there were multi-course feasts with pasta, bread […]
Botulism is a word often associated with home canning and dented canned goods you find at the grocery store. But did you know vacuum-sealed, individually wrapped pieces of frozen fish also pose a risk for the […]
They say our country is highly polarized. Political differences! Cultural conflicts! Can we agree on anything? Why yes, we certainly can — if we’re talking Halloween candy! On that front, the blue state of Illinois […]
The world’s new spiciest pepper officially has no chill whatsoever. Fans of hot and spicy food have something new to add to their menu. A tiny new pepper on the scene has enough punch to […]
Can you bring a species back from extinction? In the case of one fish, you can — if it never really disappeared! Houting, a whitefish once common to the North Sea area of Europe, was […]