If you’ve ever baked snickerdoodles or made meringue, you’ve probably encountered cream of tartar in the ingredient list. It sits in spice racks across America, often in a small container that lasts ...

For well over a century, people have made myriad assertions regarding the medicinal properties of cream of tartar, a cooking ingredient with the chemical name potassium bitartrate. Among the claims ...

A little pinch goes a long way, and it doesn't expire. You add it to meringues and Snickerdoodle cookies, and it sometimes appears in the ingredient list for caramel sauces or fudge, but what is cream ...

While not pure tartaric acid itself, cream of tartar is the potassium salt of tartaric acid. Tartaric acid occurs naturally in citrus fruits, bananas, tamarind, and—somewhat famously—grapes. It’s a ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its ...

One of the most common uses for cream of tartar is stabilizing egg whites in towering meringues, but meringues are rarely an everyday affair. This can result in unused cream of tartar just hanging out ...

Learn more about this secret ingredient for making whipped cream fluffy and the best meringue. Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out of New York. With years of experience in the ...

Stephanie shows you how cream of tartar is used in the kitchen! Cream of tartar may have a misleading name. It's not cream and it's not an ingredient in tartar sauce. However it is an important ...