March 31st was National Bunsen Burner Day. Bunsen (1811-1899) should be remembered. After all, the 鈥淏unsen Burner鈥� is a typical symbol of chemistry. But there is more to Bunsen than just a burner....
There is a lot of nonsense that goes around about microwaves. I鈥檓 sure you heard many of them. They destroy nutrients in food. They cause cancer if you stand next to a microwave oven. Microwaved...
Marketing these days is often based not on what is in a product, but rather on what it doesn鈥檛 contain. Labels scream no cholesterol, no trans fats, no gluten, no BPA, no phthalates, no parabens...
鈥淭he customer is always right,鈥� is a time-honoured adage in marketing. It holds true even if the customer is wrong. If the customer does not want 鈥渁rtificial鈥� preservatives鈥� in food, industry will...
Shrek the friendly ogre delighted audiences in the 2010 movie hit 鈥淪hrek Forever After.鈥� But for fast food giant McDonald鈥檚, Shrek turned out to be a nightmare. As a cross promotional feature, the...
When it comes to food, everyone has likes and dislikes. Chocolate generally gets favourable comments, spinach less so. But no flavour seems to elicit the degree of polarizing comments as that of...
