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...
Superbowl Snacks Roundup

Superbowl Snacks Roundup

Well folks, it’s that time of year again…I am completely ambivalent about the teams playing (as always), but super excited for some eating, drinking, and socializing!  It annoys me that healthy food has a bad rap for parties like this – if...
Superbowl solved: roasted garlic cheese dip

Superbowl solved: roasted garlic cheese dip

It’s not a secret I never, ever care about the outcome of a professional sports game…don’t have a team, don’t love a sport, and truthfully I barely remember which teams are playing, even when a game is on right in front of me.  Just the idea...