Baking may seem like magic sometimes, but it's actually science! Just consider baking powder and baking soda for a moment. These chemical leaveners are the reason your baked goods like homemade cakes, ...

Folks making stir-fries and boozy steak marinades are allowed a certain freedom as they create their appetizing fare that bakers can't enjoy. Any ingredient that seems like it would elevate the dish ...

Dedicated June 12, 2006, at the Rumford Chemical Works in East Providence, Rhode Island, and April 27, 2007, at Clabber Girl headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana. Bread is considered a basic foodstuff ...

Choosing between baking soda and baking powder is one of those small decisions that quietly determines whether a recipe turns out light, tender, and evenly risen, or flat, dense, and oddly bitter.

If you've gone to all the trouble of baking a homemade cake or batch of cookies, only to find they came out flat or dense, your leavening agent might be to blame. While baking powder and baking soda ...