Sex, Drugs, and Béchamel

A new cookbook features recipes from indie rockers.

The Year in Food 2006

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

Danger: Food Present

Food allergies are on the rise and on the mind.

The Year in Food 2008

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

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

Does Gum Really Take Seven Years to Digest?

It sounds like a digestive impossibility.

Do People Really Eat Cheese Made with Maggots?

Critters add flavor and crunch.

You Are What You Don't Eat

Ten ways to label you and your food.

Thirsty Business

Who drinks on the job these days?

Bad Expensive Tea

This week’s mission: a fruit-flavored party drink and classy tea bags.

10 Kitchen Hazards

Safety tips you might not have heard about.

Filet of Petri Dish

The same technologies scientists use to grow human tissue in a lab may one day be used to grow animal tissue to feed the world.

Eat and Get Out

The manipulative techniques of casual-dining establishments

Your Sassafras Has Been Neutered

Sassafras contains safrole, a believed carcinogen — so it’s unlikely that you’ll find any in your root beer.

Soylent Green Is People!

What sci-fi movies say about future food.