crabs on it, for 8.95. Beautiful. My first one, but it was nice and light breading. Only thing about softshells now – you still end up eating the mustard – just seems a bit strange. I also got some crab cakes to go -...

With the Fourth of July fast approaching, the Village Voice pays a visit to two of New York’s finest competitive eaters.

Finally! Someone has combined the great American sports of triathlons and eating contests.

I attended the 2007 competition, and I found it quite fun. Attendees lined up for a serving of the chefs' dishes at their respective stations, and there was a matching wine for each. Lots to eat and drink if you made your...

Trying to shed some Thanksgiving pounds? These seven documentaries will put you off your feed.

My office recently started a monthly, informal food competition. I won last month’s salsa cook-off with a pretty good roasted tomato salsa. This month’s theme is ‘food on a stick’ and I’m completely...

Competitive eating—it’s the Cinderella story of the sports world. Can the backlash be far behind?

the next day. I didn’t get to eat it until the next morning and by then the cake had dried out a bit. However, it still had a lovely buttery taste with a background of vanilla. The same tasty chocolate frosting topped the vanilla...

look pitiably earthbound. It is curiously translucent in color, obviously the result of its own unique milk/egg makeup. And unlike with other dense rich flans, consuming this flan is like eating a bavarian or a sorbet, but with...

At last, a video game for those who dream of competitive eating.

Competitive eating may get a lot of media attention these days, but sword-swallowing has become the first esophagus-busting sport to attract scholarly study.

I’ll be in Muncie May 10-12 with my husband and 15 year old daughter for a fencing competition at Ball State. Any good places to eat in Muncie? Looking mostly for a moderate priced place for late Friday night dinner, deli...

pizza – again best on the island but there is very little competition. In Avon – the Island Spice and Wine shop has a great selection. Toppers Pizza is OK. Avoid Bubbas BBQ all locations.

he is doing. They also have a very cool 1st course option of crudo (which is more or less Italian style sashima) Really cool options there. Another place you can try out is Cashion’s Eat Place in Adams Morgan. This is a...

was serving an excellent duck breast that almost makes me want to eat in a hotel. I see what everyone’s talking about with Crave: the duck confit dish they prepared was my wife’s favorite of the night. Certainly made...