When Gustav Horcher opened his eponymous restaurant in Berlin in 1904, tuxedoed waiters and the custom of putting…
Terrified of raising children on a planet with dwindling resources and overfarmed land? Have no fear, our…
As we close in on the end of the decade, we begin to assess what has changed about daily life in the past 10 years;…
Back in college, I used the dining hall more as a place for foraging for food than actually eating it. But somehow,…
Joyous news, my fellow Americans! The House Members Dining Room in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., which…
The Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance—commonly known as “the Trappists”—traces its roots all…
The story of the Microplane, the wood rasp that became a beloved kitchen tool, is already pretty well known. But an a…
Part of my job involves following the food news of the world, and I have to say, after several months of the Popeyes…
Sadé Carpenter published a wonderful essay in the Chicago Tribune yesterday about cornbread dressing, a fixture at…
Typically, we only talk about how a product tastes “artificial” or “chemical” when it fails to taste like the…
Daniel Hill, the music editor for the Riverfront Times, the St. Louis alt-weekly, is a journalistic hero. I don’t…
On October 31, 2009, the last McDonald’s in Iceland closed for good. In the spirit of scientific curiosity, a…
Alinea, the experimental tasting menu restaurant in Chicago, has long been accommodating of diners’ special…
The New York Times published a touching story yesterday about widows (now a gender-neutral term) who are adjusting…
Most of us have a vague idea where our food comes from thanks to labels or signs in supermarkets: “Washington…
Back in the fall of 1994, an MIT freshman named Justin O. Cave bought a carton of milk at a supermarket in…
For every benefit provided by rideshare apps (convenience most of all), it’s worth considering the sizable…
You’ve probably seen the new Nutrition Facts label, which was introduced in 2016. But it’s about to become…
There are a few methods of purchasing food on Amazon: there’s Amazon Fresh, the company’s grocery-delivery service,…
There are several reasons why I decided at an early age that I would never have children, and one of them is the…