When you open the refrigerator and find a wedge of cheese flecked with green mold, or a package of chicken that smells ...

If grains or nuts look moldy, discolored or shriveled, or if they have an unusual smell, it’s best to err on the side of caution and throw them out. Aflotoxins, especially, are known to be potent ...

There are some great plant-based milk and cream cheese alternatives out there, but semi-hard cheeses are tougher to crack.

A dumpster-diving raccoon that got so trashed on alcohol-fermented peaches it stopped breathing was saved by bighearted ...

Worried about your fresh produce spoiling too quickly? This guide reveals smart storage techniques to keep fruits and ...

Bloating can be eased with simple lifestyle changes. Incorporating light exercise after meals, eating mindfully, and avoiding ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Fermented foods, like yogurt and kimchi, are made with ...

Fermenting milk to make yogurt, cheeses, or kefir is an ancient practice, and different cultures have their own traditional methods, often preserved in oral histories. The forests of Bulgaria and ...

Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and ...

Forget about Greek yogurt. Ant yogurt is really where it’s at. And you can trust the recipe, because it’s backed by both Michelin chefs and expert microbiologists. An iScience paper published today ...

Misty Combs from Kentucky stepped in to help a family of raccoons in distress. She noticed the mother raccoon was trying to get her babies out of a trash can. As she went to help, Misty saw that one ...

Fermented foods make up a third of what we eat and were mostly discovered by accident centuries ago. Now a fermentation ...