Food

Celebrity trainer Bob Harper says it's all about diet: you can't out-train a bad diet. How the calorie deficit works — and why exercise still matters.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen admitted using a racial slur in a deposition, missed her Today show interview, and lost her Food Network contract — all within 48

Chocolate-peanut butter dessert, mango ice cream, kulfi and more — six summer sweets that need zero cooking and just a fridge. Full recipes linked.

Two New York wine collectors sued Chicago chef Charlie Trotter in 2013, claiming $46,000 bottles of 1945 Burgundy were counterfeit.

The 'tongue patch' diet sews a mesh patch onto the tongue to make eating painful. Doctors called it dangerous — and it was never FDA approved.

An Arizona State study found people low in vitamin C burned less fat during exercise — a reminder that adequate nutrition supports metabolism.

A Utah man's 14-year-old McDonald's hamburger looked nearly unchanged — food scientists say very dry foods dehydrate instead of rotting.

Juice cleanses, the Zone, Five Factor, South Beach: the celebrity diet plans of 2013, how they worked, and the fine print behind them.

Cornell's Terry Acree on how sight and smell shape flavor: tint Sauvignon Blanc red and tasters taste merlot — a sniff can even sweeten water.

The short version: Your memory of a meal counts toward feeling full. Recalling lunch in detail reduces later snacking; eating distracted increases it.

The short version: The 5:2 diet — five normal days, two ~500-calorie days — produces weight loss, but no more than ordinary dieting.

The third wave of UK beef testing found horse DNA in Taco Bell ground beef, Birds Eye lasagne, and Brakes skewers — but 99% of products tested clean.

In a candid 2013 interview, Nigella Lawson talked about conquering America, her famous figure, the losses that shaped her, and why we should eat less but

The most expensive foods are the most faked: olive oil, honey, spices, juices, and fish top the global food-fraud list. How to buy smarter.

A rodent study reported by the New York Times found that exercise blunted the memory-impairing effects of a high-fat diet. Here is what it did and did not show.

McDonald's announced its first all-vegetarian outlets near Amritsar's Golden Temple and the Vaishno Devi shrine — a milestone for the Big Mac empire.

An August 2012 Pediatrics study found that students in states with strong school junk-food laws gained less weight — evidence that policy shapes waistlines.

Don MacKenzie bought a 17-pound, roughly 80-year-old lobster nicknamed Lucky Larry from a Connecticut restaurant — and set him free in Long Island Sound.

Three simple cucumber preparations for hot weather: a cucumber-radish raita, a quick kachumber-style salad, and a cucumber-mint cooler.