The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Researchers found that our ancestors used various stone tools to grind and pulp food to extract starch for consumption.

While you want the inside of your fry to be soft, the starch on the surface can prevent water from evaporating during cooking ...

Researchers extract plant residues from ancient bedrock metates, revealing insights into early diets and traditional plant ...

In most Indian households, it is impossible to imagine a meal without potatoes, as it is an inseparable part of most Indian ...

Starch is an important element of food with animals as with vegetables, and its ready convertibility, without change of composition, into suitable forms, such as dextrine and sugar, fits it ...