A lot of sweet nothings: Swetha Sivakumar on sugar-free highs

[ad_1] It was while analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar that Russian researcher Constantin Fahlberg of Johns Hopkins University discovered the world’s first artificial sweetener. After working in his […]

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Raising the bar: Swetha Sivakumar on how gritty beans became beloved chocolate

[ad_1] We groan about industrial food processing. “Food was so much healthier and tastier in the past,” we say. While this is true of certain things, it is certainly not […]

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Instant hit: Swetha Sivakumar on how a war sparked the birth of the noodle craze

[ad_1] In 1945, after Japan surrendered to the Allies, a young man named Momofuku Ando was walking through the streets of war-ravaged Osaka when he saw a long line of […]

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