"Well, I've got Beano on my broccoli and flaxseed in my soup," said my mother, gingerly placing her lunch tray on the wood-slatted patio table outside the dining room. We were sitting down to our ...

The sap is adopted by diabetics, yet criticized by some health officials How sweet it is -- that's the consensus about agave nectar or syrup, commercially produced as a sweetener since 1990 and ...

A cactus-based sugary syrup has become the latest darling of the alternative sweetener world. Once mostly unheard of outside natural food stores, agave syrup - made from the same Mexican cactus that ...

A staple behind every bar, simple syrup is one of those magic ingredients capable of bringing out the best in every drink without the fancy parlor tricks or sacrificing on refinement. This I know from ...