The Whirley Pop is superior for both popping and seasoning. Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik The all-aluminum Whirley Pop makes popping and seasoning popcorn easy. Not only is it fast, but it leaves ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old maids.The nuisance kernels have kept many a dentist ...

A night out at the movies would be incomplete without popcorn. A bowl of freshly popped kernels can make a night curled up on the couch in front of the television feel special, too. This occurred to ...

Brian is the author of two culinary based books published via his imprint Storkburger Press. A lifelong Californian, he has been consistently exposed to some of the best food in the world. With a deep ...

Popcorn has grown into a favorite snack food since the tasty confection of Cracker Jack hit the scene at the World's Fair in 1893. We eat it plain or buttered; seasoned with herbs, spices or cheese; ...

The odds that all of your popcorn kernels will pop simultaneously aren’t zero. Maybe think instead of the multiple lotteries you’re more likely to win. By Randall Munroe What would happen if, while I ...

It pops because it doesn't like to be a kernel. So it puts on a fancy dress of butter and white puff. You put the popcorn in the microwave. But the popcorn thinks it's a tanning bed. They get so tan ...

It's one of the most dramatic transformations in science, and it happens in your microwave. Most popcorn lovers take for granted that a simple kernel of corn can metamorphose into a fluffy treat. But ...