Food coloring allows us to bring new life to intricately decorated sugar cookies, gelatin desserts, and the frosting used to decorate layer cakes and cupcakes—and so much more. They’re a fun way to ...

Cheryl Slocum is a James Beard Award-winning food writer, editor, and recipe developer. She has spent over 16 years creating food and entertaining content that resonates with the home cook. Lately, ...

Natural food colorings are in demand, but blue colors are rare in nature Researchers identified a natural blue anthocyanin in red cabbage UC Davis chemists developed an enzyme to make the blue color ...

When eating a beautiful birthday cake, you don't often stop to think about how the icing got its color or how the most decadent French macaron became that perfect shade. But we are all becoming much ...