Improving my basic pancakes

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Hungryroot for sponsoring! Get 40% off your first Hungryroot box PLUS get a free item of your choice in every box for life with code RAGUSEA at https://bit.ly/4gLplbg ***REVISED RECIPE, MAKES A HALF DOZEN*** 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for the pan 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg 1-2 teaspoons vanilla…

Is ALL cooking “ultra-processed” food?

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring! Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain with my code RAGUSEA: https://squarespace.com/ragusea Recent Nature report summarizing Trump cuts to public science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01295-6 2025 meta-analysis on the excess deaths caused by ultra-processed foods: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(25)00072-8/fulltext 2024 study on milkshake-induced dopamine spikes: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11302720/ 2010 paper defining…

First World War eggs

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Trade Coffee for sponsoring! Get 50% Off Your One Month Trial with Trade: https://drinktrade.com/ragusea Recipe by Alice Urquhart Fewell from the Sept. 1918 issue of The American Journal of Nursing: Separate an egg. Put the yolk in a saucer, taking care not to break it. Beat the white until stiff…

Panera copycat pumpkin muffins

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring! Use code 50RAGUSEA to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3Cyafb2! ***RECIPE, MAKES 6 MUFFINS*** For the streusel: 1/3 cup (40g) flour 1/4 (50g) cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice 2 tablespoons melted butter or butter-flavored shortening For the muffins:…

New York style cheesecake

From Adam Ragusea. Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Helix’s President’s Day Exclusive Partner Offer is running now for a limited time – Visit https://helixsleep.com/ragusea to get 27% off your mattress. Offers subject to change. #helixsleep ***RECIPE, MAKES A 9-INCH PIE*** For the crust 1 standard sleeve (135g) graham crackers 1/4 (50g) cup sugar 4…

A novel method for boiling eggs (and a talk about egg prices & public science)

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring! Use code 50RAGUSEA to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3Cyafb2! "Periodic cooking of eggs," 2025: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-024-00334-w Call or email your senators and members of Congress and tell them you support funding for science, including indirect research costs for universities! Just…

Radioactive glassware of the early 20th century

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Lumen for sponsoring! To get 20% off, go to http://lumen.me/ragusea and start improving your health today! 2008 study on the safety of uranium glass in museums: https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/5534/1/Matos_2008.pt.pdf 1992 study on leaching uranium from glass: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/ 1948 study on ancient Roman uranium glass: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/348071?journalCode=isis

About that study on toxic black plastics

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring! Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain with my code RAGUSEA: https://squarespace.com/ragusea Original study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524022173 The correction: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352402811X?via%3Dihub EPA source on BDE-209 reference dose: https://iris.epa.gov/ChemicalLanding/%26substance_nmbr=35 Ars Technica reporting that Chemosphere has been kicked out of Web of Science: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/huge-math-error-corrected-in-black-plastic-study-authors-say-it-doesnt-matter/ My original video: https://youtu.be/58HUM40gDPU

The worry about black food plastics

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Grüns for sponsoring! Get up to 45% off with my link: https://gruns.co/pages/first-order?utm_source=pi&utm_term=149929 @GrunsDaily From e-waste to living space: Flame retardants contaminating household items add to concern about plastic recycling (2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524022173 Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution (2018): https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1111&context=gees-research