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Oldest evidence of malted barley shows ancient Scandinavians made beer

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Oldest evidence of malted barley shows ancient Scandinavians made beer

Ancient malted barley grains found in Denmark suggest that people there were likely using this to brew beer at least two millennia ago

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A worker in China wearing protective clothing packages frozen beef

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Did the coronavirus really come from frozen food, as the WHO suggests?

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How to make a marvellously smooth mayonnaise

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How to make a marvellously smooth mayonnaise

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Grapevines

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Greeks domesticated grapes about 4000 years ago to improve wine-making

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Cutting meat for Veganuary? Here's how to get your protein from beans

Cutting meat for Veganuary? Here's how to get your protein from beans

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Are there benefits to following a raw food diet?

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Are there benefits to following a raw food diet?

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The scientific guide to a better Christmas dinner I Science with Sam

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The scientific guide to a better Christmas dinner

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The scientific guide to a better Christmas dinner

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Learn to love those Christmas sprouts with simple cooking science

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Learn to love those Christmas sprouts with simple cooking science

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Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

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Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

The finest whiskies are left to mature, sometimes for decades, but several companies claim to be creating similarly delicious drams in the lab in just a few hours. We put one to the test

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To recreate delicious meals, don’t treat recipes simply as algorithms

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How to use the dhungar technique to create delicious smoky food

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Fears about genetically modified foods are cultural not scientific

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Food production alone is set to push Earth past 1.5°C of warming

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