Thanks to a few scientific principles, macerating fresh berries in sugar or a sugary liquid can create the sweetest, most tender berries.

The solvent and solute become one solution—a homogeneous mixture—in which you cannot see the difference between them anymore. Most solutions actually contain many different substances.

He defines the terms solute, solvent and solution. By dissolving sugar into cups of tea, Jon demonstrates that solutions can become saturated. When one of the cups is then cooled down, ...