Since 2010, Consumer Reports has conducted independent, unbiased tests of protein powders and shakes to identify products contaminated with troubling levels of toxic heavy metals. Our fall 2025 tests ...

Watkins Memorial High School student Aiden Clark spreads straw over a seeded plot behind the Pataskala school on Dec. 1, 2025. The students planted a prairie as part of Licking County Pollinator ...

Making homemade vanilla extract is easy, cost effective, and a great way to prepare for fall baking. I love using vanilla extract in pancakes, homemade lattes, french toast, cookies, and just about ...

Mural Arts, artists and other stakeholders cut the ribbon on the We Are All Bound Up Together mural event at the Greene Street Friends School on October 30, 2025. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly ...

‘Absolute best vanilla,’ said one person. Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract is highly praised for quality and flavor. Costco offers a two-pack at a sale price of $34.99 until Nov.

There’s a lot to consider when choosing what type of vanilla to buy: Should you go with vanilla paste, powder, or extract—maybe even a whole bean, or the lesser-known ground vanilla? Madagascar, ...

You might not expect a small bottle of vanilla extract to exude bold scents of orange, warm spices, blossoms, herbs, or earthy wood — but that’s what you’ll find in the vanillas from Vain Foods, the ...

Vanilla bean poundcake made with Wild Montana Foods vanilla. (Photo courtesy of Meggen Wilson) Meggen Wilson, of Pine & Palm Kitchen, chops Madagascar vanilla beans while making her small-batch ...

Vanilla plants could have a future that’s not so sweet. Wild relatives of the vanilla plant — which could be essential if the original cash crop disappears — may someday live in different places than ...

I tried vanilla syrups from Monin, DaVinci Gourmet, Torani, and Portland Syrups in cold-brew coffee. I think the Monin syrup had the best vanilla flavor, but I also liked the one from Portland Syrups.