There’s a new food-safety agreement between China and the United States, but no one knows if it’ll matter.

Two great tastes that aren’t so great together.

KFC Canada agrees to improved chicken welfare after five years of protests.

Brace yourself for a feeling of mild betrayal: Japan’s blockbuster new summer refresher—a cucumber-based soda—is made by Pepsi.

Doctor Who’s Daleks are evil, robotic killers. But also? Tasty.

Anchovies are overfished, says a new UK guide to sustainable seafood.

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Slate pursues and debunks the recent New York Times piece on mercury-laden tuna … using an older NYT piece.

For the toddler set, thin is in.

Madeleine Kamman and me.

A manure-free farming method may be the safest of all.

The New Republic shows how killing 125 sheep at a Vermont family dairy didn’t save the nation from mad-cow disease.

Today I’m at the home of my friends Jack and Thelma, who really know how to throw a party.

In recent months, Colony Collapse Disorder has been big news. But the true “honeybee apocalypse” is already over, according to Slate.

The number of people who eschew wheat continues to grow, and now Gourmet is questioning whether there should even be an annual wheat harvest in this country.