Real people discuss the meaning of real food. Brought to you by the makers of fake food.

of ingredients the other day: olive pesto sauce, spinach, goatcheese, sundried tomatoes, and bbq chicken. Wonderful. The product placement part: when I get to the plain part of the crust at the rim, I love to dip in Zankou garlic...

Television characters and the food they eat.

A Top Chef ’cues her way right off the show.

Great pizza moments in film.

This week’s mission: melted white chocolate dessert sauce and butter with olive oil.

The cookbooks that didn’t quite make the cut.

This week’s mission: a mintier old-school candy bar, and a candy bar that’s actually an energy bar.

Wires and spikes make up modern serviceware from Crucial Detail.

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

Everyone loves a giver.

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Hot little hands can ruin it.

According to a report in Advertising Age, Anheuser-Busch will be launching its very own in-house film and production company. No, I haven’t been drinking.

. We have not allowed product placement in videos or recipes, though we are constantly asked about it. If we recommend a product, it’s because we like it, and it has nothing to do with who is advertising.

An eagle-eyed blogger catches what appears to be subliminal advertising on Iron Chef America, but at least it’s not as bad as Top Chef’s product-laden episodes.