Tag: Culinary aesthetics

While activated charcoal is commonly used in emergency medicine to treat poisoning and overdoses, its addition to food products like charcoal black buns offers limited to no proven health benefits. The black coloration is primarily for aesthetic appeal, and any advertised digestive benefits are marginal and lack strong scientific evidence.

Over 50% of the world's edible mushroom market is comprised of cultivated mushrooms, many of which have prominent gills. A common culinary question is: can you eat the gills of a mushroom? The answer is nuanced, depending on the mushroom's type and your cooking goals.