When you eat your way through eastern Asia, as so many food lovers are wont to do, you end up spoiled by dishes that burst with flavor. There’s a depth that seems almost supernatural — the sweet is ...

You’ve seen it at the end of hundreds of recipes: “Add salt to taste.” Whether it’s beef stew or a chocolate chip cookie, salt is a seasoning we often lean on as an inoffensive way to wake up the ...

If you’ve ever eaten sauteed mushrooms, fresh tomatoes or Parmesan cheese, then your taste buds have experienced the wonderful taste known as umami. This unique taste is due to the amounts of MSG ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a food additive that makes foods ...

With the opening of his new Chinese restaurant, Lionhead, still months away, Jerry Traunfeld has much to worry about and many decisions to make. But this may be his thorniest quandary: to MSG or not ...

This series of Special Features takes an in-depth look at the science behind some of the most debated nutrition-related topics, weighing in on the facts and debunking the myths. Glutamate was ...