Counter Measures

Ten ways to green your kitchen. (By Christy Harrison)

Does Your Stomach Really Expand if You Eat More?

We’re talking about your digestive system, not your waistline. (By Christy Harrison)

Not Just for Taco Seasoning Anymore

Cumin gets white tablecloth treatment. (By Christy Harrison)

Thirsty Business

Who drinks on the job these days? (By Christy Harrison)

The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

The Spice That Binds

A vanilla primer. (By Christy Harrison)

Almond growers sue over the agency’s mandatory sterilization regulations. (By Nicholas Day)

Gourmet’s 20 cooking tools that changed the way people cook. (By Joyce Slaton)

Farmers stand to gain from the growing demand for multi-culti produce, the AP reports. And, in fact, “ethnic” veggies like bok choy and cilantro could prove even more profitable than organics. (By Christy Harrison)

As spinach creeps shamefacedly back onto grocery store shelves, experts pick apart the causes of the E. coli outbreak. Is there polluted poop in our food? You betcha. (By Christy Harrison)

One blogger’s shameful obsession with Emergen-C powder. (By Christy Harrison)

What kind of food would you turn to in an emergency or in belt-tightening times? (By Christy Harrison)

Beware the seemingly delicious street food in China, an AP report suggests. (By Christy Harrison)

A first-of-its-kind medical conference asks: Is food an addiction? (By Christy Harrison)

What’s with European epicures suddenly renouncing their national culinary staples? (By Christy Harrison)