Are there beaver secretions in your vanilla ice cream? News articles or food influencers on social media might have you believe that castoreum, a yellow, syrupy substance from the castor sacs near a ...

“Vanilla” as a synonym for boring or plain must be struck from the cultural lexicon. In fact, the spice — yes, it’s a spice, and the second most expensive one behind saffron — is so richly complex ...

If you’re looking for vanilla at the grocery store, you’ll usually find two different options. Pure vanilla extract, the more expensive option made from real vanilla beans, and imitation vanilla or ...

Even as new flavors hit coffee shop menus every year, vanilla continues to outperform seasonal flavors nationwide, as consumers return to this classic flavor year after year. The post The flavor that ...

Somewhere along the line, vanilla became synonymous with bland or ordinary. Which is just plain wrong. Blame it on a world of Chubby Hubby ice cream and Candy Cane Oreos, where “more” sounds like ...