sugar

Rhymes with "marinate," (or whatever, geez) and means something similar. But instead of infusing meat with flavor, you're soaking fruit in sugar. Why would you do something so nice to fruit? Let's get into it.

Ever heard of high-fructose agave nectar? That's cause it doesn't exist — agave nectar broke out on the food trend scene several years ago as a natural alternative to processed sweeteners and it's plenty fructose-ey on its own. Plus, it comes from the same place as our beloved tequila. Here's how agave nectar differs from its margarita-loving cousin. 

Sugar is my drug of choice. I crave the sweet stuff like nothing else in my life. I was talking about my love of sweets with a friend recently and she mentioned that it was odd that I was both a guy and really into sugar. In her world, women liked sugar much more than men. I had never thought of it as a gender issue, but it got me wondering. Does gender affect how much you like sugar?