Where Does Canola Oil Come From?

The origins of the controversy-plagued oil. (By Jason Horn)

Will It Save My Life?

CHOW reveals just how good for you superfoods really are. (By Nicole Davis)

Is Soy Lecithin Bad for You?

And what is it, anyway? (By Kara Zuaro)

Red Wine Cures Cancer

No, it doesn’t. But maybe it will help us live longer. (By Jordan Mackay)

Garden Harvest Toasted Chips and Hemp Bliss Organic Hempmilk

This week’s mission: Quasi-healthy chips containing fruit, and nondairy “milk” that tastes like rancid nuts. (By James Norton)

Instant Oatmeal Taste Test

Can a healthy and delicious breakfast really be that fast? (By Roxanne Webber)

10 Tips for a Healthy Diet

Help along your New Year’s resolution. (By Lessley Anderson)

"By the Way, I'm Vegan"

When diners drop the dietary bomb, chefs must work magic. (By Lessley Anderson)

Bad Breath Intervention

When offering gum doesn’t cut it. (By Helena Echlin)

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007. (By Meredith Arthur and Lessley Anderson)

This week, at least, they’re saying that coffee is good for us. Coffee, apparently, contains chlorogenic acid, which affects blood glucose levels in a happy way. ... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Great Britain is finally dealing with the deadly scourge of cheese that threatens the nation. (By James Norton)

A four-year European study concludes that organic produce is better for you than conventional. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

Cracking, peeling, grating: The San Francisco Chronicle gets down with the hairy little guys. (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)

Green tea: universal cure-all or flavor of the month? (By Miriam Wolf)