Sugar, we are often told, is bad for us. According to recent health advice, adults should restrict their sugar intake to between six and nine teaspoons daily. But what is more upsetting about sugar is ...

Sugar's history is far from sweet. What we now see as a basic pantry staple used to be a rare luxury. For centuries, it was ...

There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves ruminates on commerce, colonization, and conflict between manipulative forces that fuel the engine of history. Installation view of There Is Another Capital ...

Sugar and spice make everything nice, especially in holiday treats. But do you know where sugar and spice come from? Plants make the sugar glucose during the process of photosynthesis. Certain plants ...

The sweet history of maple sugar, including its collection and its role in the region, is being explored this weekend during the 47th annual Maple Sugar Time Festival at Chellberg Farm in the Indiana ...

I love cookies. I doubt there’s a cookie I don’t like. That can be a problem, because I can’t just eat one (or two or three). I am obsessed by the smell, aroma, and taste of any number of cookies. And ...

Installation view of There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves at Hong Gah Museum, Taipei (all photos Christopher Whitfield/Hyperallergic) TAIPEI — There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves at the ...