Spice Pages: Caraway Seeds (Carum carvi) Foods That Contain Trans Fatty Acids. Not all fats are bad for us, but too many saturated fats (ones derived from animals) can be bad news for your heart.
Another fat on the naughty list are trans fatty acids. Commonly called trans fat, these are "the chemically-altered fats. " Most trans fats are a side effect of partial hydrogenation of plant oils (companies use them to increase the shelf life of their products). Alcohol's Role in Cooking. By David Joachim and Andrew Schlossfrom Fine Cooking #104, pp. 28-29 A glass of wine with dinner makes a meal more civilized and enjoyable.
Yet the real power of alcohol, especially for the cook, lies not in what it does at the table but what it does in the kitchen.