Why does it cost so much and why are people buying it?
Hopes&Fears asks psychologists and economists why anyone would shell out irrational amounts of money for trendy health food.
Can you copyright a sandwich?
When is it a snack and when is it intellectual property? We talk to popular chefs, recipe gurus, and legal experts to discuss the complexities of trademarking food.
Searching for the "grey market" foods of New York City
Our writer scours the streets and shops in search of these allegedly illicit food items and investigates why they've landed in the grey area.
KFC wants you to hate their ads with Norm Macdonald
The spots references KFC’s history and introduces a new family version of KFC’s Fill Up Meal.
Wheaties and Fulton Brewery just made beer part of a complete breakfast
All we wanna do is drink beer for breakfast!
A hot guide to peppers, from mild to violent
We’re tracking the history of the chile pepper, why it’s so darn spicy, and how that little chile gave rise to the hottest hot sauces in the world.
US diplomats eat like teenagers, consumed 10 pounds of Twizzlers since June
Since the beginning of June, the group has consumed 10 pounds of strawberry Twizzlers, 30 pounds of mixed nuts and dried fruit, 20 pounds of string cheese, and more than 200 Rice Krispies treats.
A girl ate a Pop-Tart and her parents punished her by forcing her into the woods for a week
And it's apparently child abuse.
Study describes how temperatures affect flavor
A new study shows how temperatures affect how intense the flavor of food is.
Walmart made an ISIS cake, said sorry after
A Walmart in Louisiana reportedly rejected a request to make a Confederate flag cake, and made a cake decorated with the ISIS flag instead.
40-year-old smuggled meat valued at $483 million seized in China
Chinese officials have seized 100,000 tons of smuggled meat, some of which was found with packaging dates in the 1970s.
How Hannibal's food stylist creates hypothetical human meat
H&F interviews Janice Poon, the food stylist for NBC's "Hannibal" on how she “Hannibalizes” perversely delectable and human-looking dishes and Mads Mikkelsen's skills in the kitchen. #SaveHannibal!
The end of burgers
The United States has long been the main consumer of meat, but as the environmental and economic repercussions of mass farming increase, there may have to be some changes.
The rise and fall
of superfoods
As quinoa rivals cocaine as Bolivia’s biggest export, we break down the history, fantasy and industry of selling miracle berries and super seeds.
