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Deep Inside Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest
What the contents of one young competitive eater's stomach tell us about the great American tradition of eating to excess.
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Some ADHD With those Froot Loops? Food Coloring Makes Kids More Hyperactive
The color of food signifies flavor and nutritional quality, but what if those colors are contributing to ADHD in hyperactive children?
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GOOD Asks the Experts: Is The "Paleolithic Diet" Really Better?
Should we try to eat like an early hominin? And what did our evolutionary ancestors actually eat, anyway? GOOD talks to four experts.
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How Pickle Juice Changed the World of Sports: Food Innovations From the Football Field
Pickle juice is one of football’s enigmatic contributions to science.
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Bubbles Aren’t All Bad. Case in Point: Bubbly Tap Water
The financial bubble. The housing bubble. And now for a refreshingly different bubbly for the new year—free bubbly tap water.
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What Does the Food Safety Bill Really Mean?
The Senate passes the long-awaited food safety bill, the first overhaul in seven decades.
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Ten Things You Didn't Know About Turkey
Lame click-friendly headline aside, these really are 10 crazy things about turkeys that you can share at your Thanksgiving meal.
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Why Is Airline Food So Bad?
Is it even possible to taste good food in midair, much less make palatable in-flight fare?
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Four Loko: The Killer Energy Beer
Combining alcohol and caffeine must have seemed like a good idea. But the energy beer Four Loko is causing nothing but problems.
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Illustrated: 10 Informative Keys to Good Cooking
In excerpts from his new book, Harold McGee, curious cook and kitchen scientist extraordinaire, debunks raw foods and the five-second rule.
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Why Are Police Raiding Raw Food Stores
While raw food advocates might not have any science behind their beliefs, all food lovers should be worried about the government's recent crackdown.
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The New Nordic Diet: Regional Cuisine to Fight Obesity
The New Nordic diet isn't bloody whales and reindeer meat. It might just be the Mediterranean diet of the 21st century.
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Garden Sharing: Farming Meets Social Networks
What happens when 90 million users stop growing fake vegetables on Farmville-and started getting real food from social networks.
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Intermission: Bread-Baking Porn
A lush video of Chad Robertson, of San Francisco's Tartine bakery, baking bread (and surfing).
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Illustrated: The Geometry of Pasta
Designer Caz Hildebrand and chef Jacob Kenedy's new cookbook pairs Italian recipes with her striking black and white drawings.
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Don't Live in a State with Oranges? Engineer One in Your Kitchen
A new website shows you how chemicals and the razzle dazzle of molecular gastronomy might save the world, or at least reduce your carbon footprint.
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When it Comes to Meat, Consider Goat
It's delicious, abundant, and far more environmentally friendly. Americans need to eat the world's favorite meat. They’ve cleaned up brush on a...
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Why McDonald's Burgers Don't Decay
A look into the science behind the thin, fatty, sodium propanoate-filled patties that went mold-free for 143 days. Salon
