I bake a lot, which means I go through a lot of vanilla beans. For some preparations, I use only the seeds – I split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the tiny seeds with the ...

When you have both a harsh climate and poor soil, the right choice of plants is critical to a garden’s success. That’s the ...

Deep in the tropical rainforests of northern Ecuador, researchers equipped with slingshots launched traps scented with vanilla, clove, wintergreen and eucalyptus up into the tree canopy, hoping to ...

Picture this: you’re savoring a scoop of rich vanilla ice cream on a warm summer day. That sweet, complex flavor dancing on ...

Photo from Hernández Hernández, de Oliveira, Diaz-Guevara, Alarcón-Ortiz, Pazmiño-Palomino (2025) Males collect “perfumes” from various orchid plants and store them in cavities on their ...

From the milky and sweet to the dark and spicy, these are the invigorating coffee perfumes to add to your rotation.

The Straits Times zooms into local produce through a microscope, uncovering beauty that goes unnoticed. Find out how many of ...