Your Eyes Are Misleading You. Food usually gives you plenty of clues about what you're about to experience, but appearances don't always tell the whole story. Some foods have bright colors that suggest one flavor…
The Soup Pot Deserves a Comeback. Grandma didn’t need a carton of trendy bone broth or seventeen toppings to make soup worthwhile. Older recipes relied on inexpensive cuts of meat, dried beans, leftover vegetables, and…
The Snacks & Meals That Defined a Childhood. Millennials grew up during a strange time for food, when lunchboxes were packed with aggressively colorful snacks, microwaves handled a surprising amount of dinner, and nobody thought…
The Health Halo Is Doing Heavy Lifting. Most people don't get derailed by pizza. They get derailed by the food they eat on purpose, believing it's helping. A granola bar in the afternoon and a…
Delicious Food, Terrible Branding. Some foods have names that do absolutely nothing to help their case. You can know perfectly well that a dish is delicious and still hesitate when someone offers you something called…
The Menu Isn't Lying, But It's Not Telling You Everything. Diners run on a strange kind of trust. You sit down, scan a laminated menu the size of a small newspaper, and assume every dish…
Not All Cookies Are Created Equal. Walking down the cookie aisle can make choosing a package surprisingly difficult, especially when several brands offer similar flavors and styles. Some cookies nail the balance of sweetness, crunch,…
An Open Mind and an Empty Stomach. Traveling lets you try foods that just aren’t available back home, and while that’s fun for most people, some find it to be a nightmare. With so many…
Foods That Taste Like Nothing. Sure, you're probably used to eating foods with plenty of flavor. Fruits, for example, are naturally sweet. Some vegetables, like carrots, also have a hint of sweetness to them. But…
