Does Drinking Ice Water Burn Calories?

Hydration, maybe; weight loss, doubtful. (By Roxanne Webber)

If You Ate 11.3 Pounds of Food, Would You Gain 11.3 Pounds in Weight?

What you need to know before attempting 24 Big Macs in a row. (By Billy Baker)

Does the Grapefruit Diet Work?

The citrus isn’t a magic weight-loss cure, as you might have guessed. (By Roxanne Webber)

Farm-to-Table Trend Hits Campbell's

This week’s mission: social-climbing canned soup and frozen burritos. (By James Norton)

Special Moments with Grim Gruel

This week’s mission: personality-based soft drinks and microwave baked desserts. (By James Norton)

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

This week’s mission: healthy candy bars and high-end Pringles. (By James Norton)

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007. (By Meredith Arthur and Lessley Anderson)

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Coke uses pop science to launch a calorie-burning new beverage. But not everyone is buying it. (By Miriam Wolf)

A couple of terrific charts show exactly why we’re fatter. (By Nicholas Day)

In this kitschy poultry promotional video from 1932, chicks were still chicks, and chefs sat on thrones. (By Traci Vogel)

At The Seattle Times, a reporter goes walking and eating at the Puyallup Fair. (By Miriam Wolf)

A cross-country hike provokes a loving—nay, passionate—meditation on food and appetite in Saveur. (By James Norton)

Prepare dinner and burn calories without leaving the kitchen. (By Kara Zuaro)

A new study says the programs we’ve put in place for overweight and obese children are ineffective. (By Miriam Wolf)