MSG is a naturally occurring compound that enhances umami flavor and is widely used in global cuisines. It can be used in various recipes to deepen taste, making it a versatile ingredient for home ...

For more than a century, umami—the fifth basic taste alongside sweet, salty, sour, and bitter—has helped shape how people ...

In 1968, the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter to the editor with the headline, “Chinese-Restaurant Syndrome.” The letter detailed the numbness and weakness the letter-writer would ...

MSG has been an ingrediente non grata with American diners for decades, but over the last several years, it’s been making a comeback. Once unjustly accused of making people ill, it has recently gained ...

“The great MSG myth exposed: it’s not bad for you” screams a headline in the UK daily ‘The Sunday Times’. Now, that is news, because one has repeatedly heard elders make this claim about Chinese or ...