Real people discuss the meaning of real food. Brought to you by the makers of fake food. (By Christy Harrison)

Television characters and the food they eat. (By Joe DiStefano)

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

Great pizza moments in film. (By Nora Maynard)

This week’s mission: melted white chocolate dessert sauce and butter with olive oil. (By James Norton)

The cookbooks that didn’t quite make the cut. (By Kate Ramos)

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

Wires and spikes make up modern serviceware from Crucial Detail. (By Louisa Chu)

What we learned at Madrid Fusión. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

Everyone loves a giver. (By Michele Foley)

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. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

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. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

Coca-Cola would prefer you not see an Italian film featuring Jesus drinking a Coke. (By Miriam Wolf)

I saw the best minds of my generation merrily deconstructing the semiotics (and “cuisine”) of Taco Bell. (By Miriam Wolf)

Sort of sounds like a headline from The Onion, doesn’t it? But it’s not a joke. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)