The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

The video shows what happens during fireworks and how chemistry is involved

Brother of Clara Immerwahr who provided the stimulus and money for the syntheses of the insecticide pyrethrum and artificial pepper

German gingerbread is soft and moist and is made with nuts and a special spice mixture, the Lebkuchen spice

A stable symbiotic culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts used as a leavening agent

Another kitchen experiment: The cookies must develop "feet"

A look at the chemistry of the slightly volatile aroma of nutmeg

Hartshorn salt is a mixture of two parts ammonium hydrogen carbonate and one part ammonium carbonate and some ammonium carbamate

What happens chemically when a candle is burned?

Potassium carbonate is used as a leavening agent for baked goods

Cardamom seeds contain an essential oil that gives them a spicy, sweetish hot aroma