Meals, Ready to Eat

Today there are 24 different MRE menus, such as Cheese Tortellini, Jamaican Pork Chop, and Jambalaya. Most are actually quite tasty. (By Matt Palmquist)

Strip Club Eats

Ten gentlemen’s lounges with good food. Seriously. (By Eric Slatkin)

Eat Your Lawn

A new wave of gardeners replants front yards with food. (By Roxanne Webber)

I Do (Eat)

Get the most out of your wedding caterer. (By Roxanne Webber)

Drinking and Eating at Vancouver Izakayas

A raucous crawl through Japanese small-plates-and-beer joints. (By Lessley Anderson)

10 Ways to Eat More Bacon

Elvis, Metallica—everybody loves it! (By Kathryn Hawkins)

Should You Really Be Eating That?

Influencing an overweight friend’s eating habits. (By Helena Echlin)

Even Real Cooks Cheat Sometimes

This week’s mission: frozen food with highfalutin notions. (By James Norton)

Is Nutmeg Really a Mind-Altering Substance?

Will I start seeing things if I ingest too much? (By Kimberly Yen)

Special Moments with Grim Gruel

This week’s mission: personality-based soft drinks and microwave baked desserts. (By James Norton)

Got Goiter?

Americans are eating more fancy salt— like kosher salt, sea salt, and fleur de sel — that don’t contain iodine, and less table salt, like Morton’s, which is typically fortified with iodine. (By Laura Neilson)

How to Make the Ultimate Bagel

It’s in the boiling and the malt. (By Melissa Wagenberg Lasher)

McSkillet Burrito and International Delight Coffee Creamer

This week’s mission: McDonald’s new breakfast offering, and holiday flavored nondairy creamers. (By James Norton)

10 Holiday Confections

Cookies, candies, and cakey things to give or be given. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

"By the Way, I'm Vegan"

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