Transgenic animals: They’re here. Will you be eating them soon? (By Nicholas Day)

Your questions answered. (By Roxanne Webber)

The FDA formally announces how it will regulate genetically modified animals. (By Nicholas Day)

Tips for responsible carnivores. (By Roxanne Webber)

Is there nothing original in food anymore? (By Roxanne Webber)

We go for the real meat, the sustainably farmed, humanely raised and slaughtered, heritage, no-hormone, quality product, and for guys behind the counter knowledgeable enough to tell us where the meat came from and how to cook it.

CHOW’s milk taste test. (By Lessley Anderson)

Fatty pork trumps lean. Has the other white meat chubbed up? (By Jason Krause)

Cookbook author Deborah Madison spills the beans with CHOW. (By Helena Echlin)

A meat-and-potatoes guy tries to save money by buying an entire side of beef. (By Jason Krause)

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

The GAO’s damning report on factory-farming waste. (By Nicholas Day)

From cave paintings to burgers, beef has long been a part of human history. (By Jason Horn)

Because I love local farmers and the produce they grow, I love the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, and I love Bay Area chefs. (By Davina Baum)

Pollan pens a nine-page letter to the next “farmer in chief.” (By Jane Goldman)