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Author: Ivanna Zhilinskaya

Blog / Chemistry in Cooking

July 22, 2024August 19, 2024 / Ivanna Zhilinskaya /

“Chefs, you have 30 minutes to make a meal from these 4 mystery ingredients.  Your time starts now”, Ted Allen says to a group of professional chefs as their timer…

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Blog / Uniquely you…or are you?

October 30, 2023October 31, 2023 / Ivanna Zhilinskaya /

What makes us unique cannot be definitively answered but what kind of unique and known human traits have been recorded can. If you have red hair, can wiggle your ears or sneeze upon looking up at the sun then you’re in a genetically small pool compared to the greater human population.

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Blog / Caffeine: A cup of concern?

August 3, 2023August 4, 2023 / Ivanna Zhilinskaya /

Kopi, café, kaffee, however it is said, coffee is one of the most common caffeinated beverages consumed around the world. But can this innocuous beverage, and similarly caffeinated products, cause more harm than good?

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Blog / Capsaicin: from mild to medicine

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 / Ivanna Zhilinskaya /

Capsaicin, or the spice molecule, has far more function and benefit than just causing you to break a sweat. It can contribute to a longer and healthier life and now we know why.

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