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Good Food

What to do about MSG

Quite simply, monosodium glutamate, or MSG, makes things taste good, yet it continues to be feared and demonized.

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By Evan Kleiman • Jan 19, 2018 • 1 min read

Quite simply, monosodium glutamate, or MSG, makes things taste good, yet it continues to be feared and demonized. Vietnamese food authority Andrea Nguyen has written about the history of its use in pho and has sought to debunk some of the myths surrounding it. Read the full article on Viet World Kitchen.

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