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There is no taste that I have been able to discern. I don't recall actually sticking my finger in it and tasting it, but it does not add a taste to food. I will note that it will 'cook' eggs, that is, if you beat whole eggs or egg yolks as you would to add to ice cream and you don't want to...

I have used xanthan gum for years as a stablizer in home-made ice cream and it is fabulous. I have also used it in sauces and it is excellent for stablizing sauces and gravies, even acidic fruit sauces. Its characteristics include maintaining products through the freeze and thaw process. It...

Years ago I baked all of the family bread using a recipe my mother developed and got to be quite good at it. Wanting to expand my horizons I tried innumerable sourdough recipes without pleasing success. So of course the correct path was to buy up a library of books on the subject of bread...