Food

Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 5:25 PM UTC

No soda for food stamps?

Influential food writer Mark Bittman thinks SNAP beneficiaries should be cut off from sugary drinks

Alex Halperin 64 Topics: Consumerism, Food, Mark Bittman, Obesity, Health, public health, Poverty

Monday, Dec 24, 2012 10:00 PM UTC

The Chinese cook who saved my dad’s restaurant

My Jewish father ran a dying restaurant in New Jersey -- but everything changed when he swapped cuisines

Sidney W. Mintz, Boston Review Topics: Boston Review, Food, Judiasm, Chinese Food, New Jersey

Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 5:12 PM UTC

Is childhood obesity on the decline?

Rates in cities are down for the first time in decades, but there's a worrisome catch

Natasha Lennard Topics: Health, Poverty, Childhood obesity, Obesity, Food

Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 4:44 PM UTC

Cory Booker goes on food stamps

The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like

Mary Elizabeth Williams 18 Topics: Cory Booker, Newark, Twitter, Food, Mario Batali, SNAP Challenge, Food Stamps, Nutrition, hunger

Monday, Dec 3, 2012 12:45 PM UTC

There is no “Chinese cuisine”

English chef Fuchsia Dunlop explains Western misperceptions about one of our favorite culinary imports

Alex Butterworth, The Browser Topics: The Browser, Food, China, Chinese Food, France, French Cuisine

Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 11:02 PM UTC

Is America hooked on food?

The author of "The Hunger Fix" explains the science of overeating and why obesity is on the rise

Chrisanne Grise, The Fix 10 Topics: Food, Obesity, The Fix, addiction, Recovery

Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 3:00 PM UTC

Grossest Thanksgiving recipes

Heart stoppers, belly bombers and the just plain bizarre. Ten dishes to avoid this holiday

Katie Mcdonough Topics: rachael ray, gross, Guy Fieri, The Food Network, sandra lee, Andrew Cuomo, Paula Deen, Thanksgiving, Food

Monday, Nov 19, 2012 12:45 PM UTC

“We’ve become a food culture”

Food critic Ruth Reichl explains how immigrants made -- and continue to transform -- American cuisine

Sophie Roell, The Browser Topics: Between Meals, AJ Liebling, American Cuisine, Oysters, Diet for a Small Planet, The Browser, Food

Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 4:36 PM UTC

Israel calculated calories for Gazans

If considerations of food capping determined blockade details, UN humanitarian principles were violated

Natasha Lennard 11 Topics: Hamas, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Blockade, Nutrition, Israel, Food

Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 2:45 PM UTC

Scientist: Humans ate pandas

But not for thousands of years

Associated Press 10 Topics: Animals, History, Asia, China, Food, Pandas

Friday, Oct 12, 2012 8:30 PM UTC

Food-stamp reliance at record high, overpayments at all-time low

Only 1 percent of program expenditures are lost to fraud or abuse

Natasha Lennard 16 Topics: Food, Poverty, Food Stamps, SNAP, Department of Agriculture

Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 3:47 PM UTC

Red Lobster, Olive Garden hire part-timers to avoid Obamacare

Chain restaurant corporation experimenting with ways to offset Affordable Care Act costs

Natasha Lennard 35 Topics: Red Lobster, Labor Rights, Food Industry, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, Restaurants, MSNBC, Food, Olive Garden