Pure, homemade extracts are easy to make and add better flavor to your cooking and baking. These simple instructions can be used to make any extract flavor using quality ingredients—no fillers, ...

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 ...

Searching “where does vanilla flavoring come from” has popped up on TikTok multiple times over the years, with the most common Google result being…beaver butts. But it’s a bit more complicated than ...

As a professional baker, I can tell you that having a dependable vanilla buttercream frosting recipe to lean on is incredibly valuable. For a long time, I used to just wing it. Instead of using a ...

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 ...