MSG is an often misunderstood spice that should be utilized more frequently in cooking. Here's why MSG deserves a spot in ...

Fortune cookies have become synonymous with Chinese restaurants in America, but there is a sweet treat that predates the ...

When playwright Keiko Green was in her early teens, she learned that her grandfather — her ojiichan — had worked as a food scientist for Ajinomoto, the Tokyo-based company best known for inventing ...

The myth that MSG is bad for you comes from a letter a doctor wrote to the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968, where he coined the term "Chinese restaurant syndrome" to describe a variety of ...

As David Chang asked: “Why was MSG villainized in Chinese restaurants, but fine when it occurred naturally in Parmesan?” Monosodium glutamate is at the center of a new show at the San ...

As David Chang asked: “Why was MSG villainized in Chinese restaurants, but fine when it occurred naturally in Parmesan?” Monosodium glutamate is at the center of a new show at the San ...