Food
Buenos Aires steakhouse tops Tripadvisor’s 2026 best restaurants list
Fogon Asado, an intimate Buenos Aires steakhouse built around a communal bar and an open-fire grill, has been named the world's best fine-dining restaurant for the second consecutive year in Tripadvisor's 2026 Travelers' Choice Awards: Best of the Best Restaurants. Two restaurants from the U.S. also made the list.
‘Appetizing’ stores are the quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish deli
In traditional Jewish American food culture, a "deli" was where you went for a towering pastrami sandwich. You went somewhere else entirely to buy lox and a schmear: an " appetizing store."
Stingy tippers, steep taxes: California and Washington state anchor the bottom of the tipping charts
Restaurant-goers in California, Washington state and D.C. are tipping less than almost anyone else in the country, and the pattern is showing up right alongside a wave of newly enacted and proposed taxes on high earners in two of those jurisdictions.
‘Flat is Back’ campaign hopes to put flounder back on people’s plates
Aperol spritzes. Dubai chocolate. Dill pickle, well, everything. Thanks to Instagram and TikTok, food trends have never been more of-the-moment, with even seemingly mundane ingredients like cottage cheese enjoying a sudden resurgence.
Global customers crave texture, challenging companies to make crispier, gooier, chewier foods
Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry.
The simple shopping list change that cuts grocery bills: Start with what you already have
Most people write a grocery list by thinking about what they want to eat. That is the wrong end. The change worth making is small enough to feel trivial: before writing anything, open the refrigerator, the freezer and the pantry, and write down what is already in there.
Betty Liu’s Sesame-Cumin Chicken is double-fried for flavor and crispiness
Deep-fry (zha), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the "Frying" chapter in my cookbook "The Chinese Way."
DEA busts 2,000-pound meth shipment disguised as cabbage
A cabbage shipment intercepted in the Rio Grande Valley contained 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine, the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
FDA, CDC announce end of 21-state cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce from Mexico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the multi-state cyclospora outbreak is over.
When lunch is the main event, here’s a ‘Greek Out’ take on halibut and halloumi skewers
The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, "Greek Out," starts with an explanation of what "main dish" means to me.
PB&J: Why the classic combo remains king of the lunchbox after 125 years
If there is a single sandwich associated with childhood and school lunches in the U.S.A, it has to be the PB&J.
Restaurant owners fed up: The no-show ‘epidemic’ is costing them big
Holding multiple reservations at three different hot spots while deciding where to eat at 7 p.m. has become second nature for modern diners. For the kitchens waiting on those empty tables, however, it is a devastating habit that treats a small business's livelihood as a free option.
How the apple pie became the symbolic food of a nation
Flaky, golden crust. Apple juices bubbling through its vents. The scent of cinnamon.
Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather
Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what's normal.
The surprising truth about brown vs. white eggs: Why color really doesn’t matter
Stand in front of the egg case and the choice looks like it means something. White on one shelf, brown on the other, usually a dollar or two apart. The brown ones sit next to the organic labels and the pasture-raised cartons, which makes the message feel obvious. It isn't.
The strawberry mistake almost everyone makes: Experts say stop doing this before you store them
You bring home a box of strawberries, rinse them at the sink so they are ready to go, dry them off, and put them in the fridge. It feels like the responsible thing to do. It is also the single fastest way to lose half of them to mold by Wednesday.
Sweetener in gum, jam, toothpaste tied to higher stroke, heart attack risk, new study finds
STUDY: A sugar substitute found in everything from sugarless gum to toothpaste and jam is drawing fresh scrutiny after researchers presenting at Europe's largest cardiology conference this week reported that people with high blood levels of xylitol face a significantly greater risk of stroke, heart attack and death than those with the lowest levels.
Bahama Breeze shuttering final locations, converting others to sister chains
Bahama Breeze, the tropical-themed casual dining chain founded in Orlando three decades ago, is in its final stretch. Its last restaurants are set to either close for good or reopen under different names within Darden Restaurants' portfolio of brands.
Cookout cuisine: Survey reveals iconic grilled dishes from each state
Louisianans are the most likely to consider themselves grill masters (31%), according to new research.
Starbucks removes Blended Refreshers drink powder after employee complaints
Starbucks has removed a blending powder used in its Blended Refreshers line after baristas reported coughing, hives and other symptoms they tied to the ingredient.