WASHINGTON -- Put down that cheeseburger and listen up: If food has become what sex was a generation ago -- the intimidatingly intelligent Mary Eberstadt says it has -- then a cheeseburger is akin to ...

Commentary: In claiming to be an answer to the diet-related diseases plaguing our nation, their guidelines are an alarming ...

Those battling chronic illness know what a long, difficult battle it is to get well again, understanding all too well that old sentiment, You don’t realize how important your health is until you lose ...

With the holidays once again upon us, food — acquisition, preparation, consumption — is on our minds. Food, glorious food — or is it? Did you know that to produce cheese, a cocktail party favorite, ...

What makes the holiday season special for you? You might think of your family’s traditions, such as gathering around the table, sharing a meal with loved ones and giving thanks. For many of us, these ...

Rotten tomatoes, limp celery, leftovers from meals or chicken bones, ground beef with freezer burn, ham hocks — into the trash? But it doesn’t disappear. The trash collectors deliver loads to ...

The idea of a food desert would have seemed impossible to us, growing up so close to all the earth can provide. As kids, we’d walk with our dad to bring the cows in from the pasture, and watch as they ...

“When you’re hungry, you don’t care about eating healthy.” It’s a myth so often repeated that it’s become entrenched in our culture — the idea that families living with food insecurity are happy to ...