After shopping, we tend to put food in the refrigerator wherever it happens, often without following a specific order. Meat, milk, eggs… Just find a little space, it’s all the same, right? We should actually pay attention: Not all areas of the refrigerator are the same. It’s not just a question of order: let’s talk about food safety and shelf ...
Image created with AI In April 2026, Istat reported a rise in inflation in Italy, with an increase of 2.7% on an annual basis and an increase in1.1% on a monthly basis, with prices rising not only for energy, but also for basic necessities: such high trend increases have not been recorded since the end of 2023, while the monthly ...
The cat that approaches the bowl, sniffs, eats a few bites and leaves. Does this behavior come from evolutionary instinct or are they whims? According to a study published in Physiology & Behavior by researchers fromIwate University in Japan, the answer is much simpler, the cat gets bored of theodor of food, not of food itself. Cats are solitary hunters ...
The sight of a steaming pizza, the smell of bread or a freshly baked croissant and we find ourselves with the famous “mouth watering”, which is nothing else than an increase in saliva. It is the sign that the brain is starting to prepare for the arrival of the foodin a process called cephalic phase. THE’increased salivation is among these ...
Whoever observes one frog while he eats he often notices a curious detail: while he swallows his prey, he eyes seem to disappear inside the head. It’s a curious impression, at times even unsettling, but apparently, frogs’ eyes play a role in swallowing. Experiments show that, while food is ingested, the eyes can re-enter the oral cavity and touch the ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...
Have you ever wondered why, when let’s fry something, our clothes become so impregnated with this smell, with the it smells like fried food that can stay on sweatshirts or t-shirts for several hours? It all has to do with the chemical processes that occur during the cookingwhen i fats contained in the oil undergo an oxidation process in which ...
The freezing it is one of the techniques of conservation of the best known and most used foods, especially in the home. When the temperature is lowered, microorganisms stop growing, furthermore the cold slows down the chemical and enzymatic reactions that cause them to oxidize, darken or change the consistency over time. But when we move on to defrostingespecially meat ...
Do you want food at home when there are 40 degrees? Pay the riders more I go back a few weeks to talk about food delivery. There is a great debate (fortunately) on the heat in Italy and on the countermeasures that should be adopted both in the long and in the short term. Between a discussion on the trees ...