Your guide to glutamate (+vegan queso salsa dip)

Your guide to glutamate (+vegan queso salsa dip)

On savory flavor There are many foods and food components that make food taste savory – that rich, complex taste that’s independent of salty, and sometimes described as “meaty,” and known as “umami.”  One molecule that contributes...

Simplest (and most delicious) avocado bean dip

This week I’ll be posting a number of avocado-based recipes* as entries to a contest sponsored by the California Avocado Commission, and I’m kicking it off with the easiest recipe in my arsenal.  Despite being quick to pull together (if you can open a can,...