MSG is a safe and helpful flavor enhancer, just like salt and pepper. Here are the ways I like to use MSG in my cooking and baking.

Though a champion of it now, he didn’t start cooking with MSG until he began working in restaurants. “When I started working at Win Son, we ordered 100-pound barrels at a time,” he tells me.

MSG is an often misunderstood spice that should be utilized more frequently in cooking. Here's why MSG deserves a spot in your seasoning cabinet.

Now a growing number of chefs and influencers are arguing that this seasoning, which looks a bit like sugar and occurs naturally in tomatoes, parmesan cheese and mushrooms, belongs on every cook’s ...

In 1968, the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter to the editor with the headline, “Chinese-Restaurant Syndrome.” The letter detailed the numbness and weakness the letter-writer ...

What food science actually reveals. Despite its controversial reputation, major food safety authorities have extensively studied MSG and classified it as safe for general consumption.

These organizations include the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). That said, MSG symptom complex (MSC)—that condition with symptoms like headaches ...

For my cookbook of the week I reviewed Calvin Eng's 'Salt, Sugar, MSG.' Here's what you can expect from the cookbook and my thoughts on the recipes I made this week.

While ginger can play a starring role in restorative soups and noodle salads, it can also play a more subtle, yet equally vital role in flavor-building. When 2017 F&W Best New Chef Nina Compton wants ...

MSG gives food an umami taste, which is a savory, meaty flavor, Brissette says. “It’s naturally found in some foods,” she says. These are the places you’re most likely to find added MSG ...