Just the mention of certain ingredients can make your mouth water–think chocolate, pizza or potato chips. It is your brain anticipating that food or flavor. Take for example the following ingredients: xanthan gum, disodium inosinate, polysorbate 60, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate–anything happening? Probably not, because your brain doesn’t recognize them as […]
Dressings & Sauces
Salted Caramel Sauce
I like chocolate, but I absolutely adore anything caramel. This sauce is so lusciously caramel with the hit of salt….it makes me go weak in the knees to think about it. The only issue is eating it by the spoonful straight out of the jar. No judgement here, but you […]
Gingerbread
As the leaves start skipping down the sidewalk, the arrival of autumn signals change -in our attitude, our wardrobe, and in our taste buds. Even before the weather here in North Carolina cools off I’m craving comfort food that harkens the cool, crisp days of fall. Every year usually by […]