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Japanese company Spread is building the world's first robot-run farm: no human farmers, 30,000 heads of lettuce a day, 98% of water recycled.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi Dialogue Commission's proposal for 'Aam Aadmi Canteens' — nutritious meals capped at Rs 10, a la Tamil

No food melts belly fat on its own — but eggs, oats, dals, nuts, and leafy greens make the calorie equation easier. Suchitra Sharma on eating for a flatter

A burger costs less than a salad — not by accident. The economics that make ultra-processed calories the cheapest calories, and what they really cost.

In 2014, 90-year-old Fort Lauderdale activist Arnold Abbott was arrested under a new city ordinance for doing what he had done for decades: feeding the

Pizza, ice cream, pakoras, doughnuts, white rice — the foods we love that love our waistlines back. A 2014 TI list, fact-checked for today.

In 2014, school districts dropped federal healthy-lunch standards — not opposing healthy food, but because uneaten meals went straight from tray to trash.

From the 2014 Naperville Diary: Ribfest, the Ale Fest, municipal band concerts, and more — a snapshot of one summer in the western suburbs of Chicago.

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.

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.

Deep Foods started in 1977 with Bhagwati Amin's Gujarati snacks in New Jersey. It became one of America's largest Indian food brands.

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

How McDonald's turned its McCafé coffee line into a serious Starbucks rival — and won a Consumer Reports blind taste test on the way.

Okanagan Specialty Fruits' genetically engineered non-browning Arctic Apple promised fresher sliced apples — and set much of the apple industry against it.

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.

A Swiss woman died of starvation after attempting 'Breatharianism' — living on sunlight alone. The medical verdict on the lethal belief is unambiguous.

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

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng's 2012 escape to the US Embassy in Beijing put Hillary Clinton at the center of a human-rights versus geopolitics crisis.

What celebrity fitness really involves: hours in the gym, personal trainers, yoga, and strict diets. The honest truth behind the perfect bodies on screen.

Maitreyee Das launches her Friday food column — a Bengali fish lover's quest for an easy recipe inspired by a restaurant spinach-and-cod dish.

Leicester's Dalwara Singh received a 12-month suspended sentence for secretly lacing his wife's food with steroids — until his teenage daughter caught him.

The fear that meatless cooking is less satisfying or less flavorful has proved groundless. What vegetarian food actually requires is technique, not apology.

Kids come home starving at 4pm. Here is how to build after-school snacks that truly satisfy -- fresh, simple, and Ayurveda-friendly, minus the sugar crash.

Four lunch salads worth adding to your rotation: warm lentil, white bean and tuna, chickpea with tahini, and shaved fennel with citrus.

The pumpkin pie debate is not about pie — it is about memory. On food traditions, addition over substitution, and multicultural Thanksgivings.