Food

Blind-tasting research says the price tag changes how wine tastes more than the wine does: what the studies on expensive vs cheap wine actually found.

Food neophobia — reluctance to try unfamiliar foods — peaks between ages two and six; researchers say picky eating is a normal stage, not a parenting failure.

The research on lasting weight loss points away from rigid restriction and toward sustainable plans: total calories over time matter more than banning any

A 2012 Tel Aviv University study found that a big breakfast including dessert helped obese dieters lose more and keep it off — but the caveats mattered more

Cottage cheese packs ~28g protein per cup at ~163 calories. Here are sweet and savory ways to eat it — from breakfast bowls to lasagna swaps.

How CDC investigators traced a 2012 E. coli outbreak across six states — from patient interviews to supply-chain sampling — and why leafy greens keep recurring.

The foraging movement went mainstream: many plants dismissed as weeds — dandelion greens first among them — are edible, nutritious, and genuinely delicious.

Chicago earned its meat-city reputation — but by 2012 its best kitchens were quietly serving plant-based dishes worth ordering on their own terms.

Denmark tried a fat tax in 2011 and repealed it in 2012; Mexico's sugary-drink tax worked better. The economics and the liberty debate behind taxing

In May 2012 Chipotle disclosed an SEC subpoena probing its hiring practices, employee work-authorization compliance, and the public statements it had made.

High triglycerides raise heart-disease risk even when cholesterol looks normal. What they are, the NCEP ranges, and the food-first steps that bring them down.

A 2012 Thai trial found curcumin reduced heart attacks after bypass surgery — a real, small, unreplicated study. What it means and what it absolutely doesn't.

Volume 8: spring calls for restraint — vivid-green palak paneer, cold cucumber-mint raita, simple basmati, and thin roomali roti.

Skip the fad diets: the fundamentals of everyday nutrition — whole foods, hydration, protein, sleep — work for life and for training alike.

Spanish researchers found that people who ate the most fast food were 51% more likely to develop depression — bad for the waistline, and the blues too.

A rainy-spring Friday menu: lamb keema with browned onions and peas, hand chapati, a carrot raita — and a glass of something cold.

Friday menu, vol. 6: bright tomato-coriander chicken curry, charred spring asparagus, and golden turmeric rice — ease that looks like effort.

Friday cooking column Vol 5: a slow rajma in tomato-onion gravy, jeera rice, and cucumber raita — the weeknight reward meal.

Hungry at midnight? Here's how to snack late without wrecking your sleep — warm milk, fruit, handfuls of nuts, and what Ayurveda says about night eating.

Holiday kilos, a new year, and an unexpected discovery: one writer's lighthearted account of resolving to get fit and stumbling into a local velodrome.