Do you follow certain "rules" when cooking? Are they really true? We've gathered up some common misconceptions. See how many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Food and science have been friendly bedfellows for decades. After all, bartenders are keen to study the art of mixology before ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” and the current administration’s newly released “Dietary Guidelines for ...

Few food-world stars shine brighter than Alton Brown. He's been on our televisions for over 20 years in a variety of cooking and food-exploring shows, he's written several books, which we've ranked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Davenport argues that cooking mostly with broth and water can slow the deleterious effects of ageing.Photograph: Ivan/Getty Images ...

Do you ever wonder about the science behind making that perfect holiday meal? A lot of factors determine if a turkey gets golden, mashed potatoes turn fluffy, or a pie gets that crisp crust. As the ...

Quick-serve menus may start taking cues from the science lab as operators increasingly experiment with high-tech cooking methods like molecular gastronomy. Molecular gastronomy, which blends technical ...

Hard-boiling, soft-boiling or a trendy sous vide—no matter the approach, cooking a whole egg attains ideal texture for either the yolk or the white but rarely both. Now, however, scientists think they ...