After years of defensively touting “No MSG” on their menus,many Asians working in the food industry are not only fighting back against stereotyping of this heritage ingredient — they’re proudly ...

Many Americans grew up hearing it is unhealthy or even dangerous to consume monosodium glutamate — more popularly known as MSG. While it is associated with being found in Asian dishes, it is also a ...

Making a recent dinner, my wife Elisabeth put together Sohla El-Waylly's “hot and tingly” smashed cucumber salad, a wisp of a recipe that combines favorite ingredients like cukes, chili crisp, salt, ...

Luckily, MSG is the secret ingredient that can upgrade the flavor of bland tomatoes, and you can use it in whatever fresh tomato dishes you're working with. Tomatoes contain a ton of ...

Since 1968 when one doctor wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine about his symptoms after eating at a Chinese restaurant, MSG side effects have been under the microscope. In that ...

MSG is one of the most misunderstood food additives out there. Best known as a component of Chinese-American food, it’s actually a lot more prevalent than you think, and there are a bunch of food ...