All by Shirley Wilson

There are many reasons for disliking side dishes. They often involve factors like overly sweet flavors, weird textures, processed ingredients, or just a lack of appeal or imagination compared to other options. And no, just because you sourced a recipe and spent 3+ hours making a side dish doesn’t make it good (or edible).

Wait, what? Yep, some colors are powerful appetite stimulants that trigger your brain’s hunger response through associations with energy, happiness, good mood, and satisfying foods. Brand marketers strategically use certain colors to entice consumers to pull out their wallets and open their mouths. Trying to shed a few pounds? Maybe skip the trendy diets and just study up on the psychology of color.

Every urban legend has its origin story before it picks up momentum and invades the social consciousness of the people who believe they really exist. But now that our government has released indisputable evidence of UFOs in the sky, is it really far-fetched to think we’re not alone on land and in water?