Injectable Marinades and 100-Calorie Snacks

This week’s mission: marinade you squirt into meat with a syringe, and tinier snack cakes.

The “Washington Post” has a fast food calorie counter. Listed by chain, each food is listed for both its total calories and fat grams. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/flash/health/caloriecounter/calories...

Does Drinking Ice Water Burn Calories?

Hydration, maybe; weight loss, doubtful.

Another Secretly High-Calorie Salad

This week’s mission: Cold meets hot on a lettuce bed, and a new fast-food breakfast.

Food Econ 101

Paul Roberts, the author of The End of Food, dishes on the food system.

The Year in Food 2008

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

Trashy Breakfast Food Gets Seasonal

This week’s mission: summery toaster pastries and low-cal fruity soda.

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.

More Fake Diet Chocolate

This week’s mission: an aerated candy bar.

Healthy Mini Pizza Roll Adventure

This week’s mission: ostensibly wholesome pizza snacks.

Guilty-Pleasure Protein Drink

This week’s mission: creamy, not chalky, meal-replacement beverages.

Pancakes from a Can

This week’s mission: pancake batter in an aerosol can, and strawberry cereal.

A Plunge into Cheesy Lava Sauce

This week’s mission: a health-conscious Dunkin' Donuts offering, and a hot new Taco Bell item.

Venial Vegetable Trickery

This week’s mission: a snack mix with Cheerios, and frozen vegetables with health claims.

A Better Bottled Coffee Drink

This week’s mission: fancy frozen pasta and bottled milky-coffee treats.