The original Roman gourmet Apicius got straight to the heart of the pleasure we derive from food when he said, "We eat first with our eyes" back in the first century A.D. A tremendous portion of food ...

Blanching simply means to quickly boil foods (typically vegetables, fruits, or nuts) without fully cooking them. The blanched foods are then placed in a bowl of ice water for shocking (another cooking ...

Food preservation is a valuable skill that ensures you can enjoy seasonal fruits and vegetables all year round. One essential ...

Preparing vegetables can sometimes be the most time-consuming part of getting dinner together, but blanching them helps move things along. Blanching means boiling the vegetables for a very short time ...

Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith has impressed social media users with a cooking hack that helps to keep green vegetables fresher for longer. The 80-year-old, who lives in the Cotswolds, took to ...

A leading food manufacturer is looking for partners to help it find an alternative to hot-water blanching as a means of inactivating the enzymes that make diced vegetables degrade prior to freezing.