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Liberal arts courses across the curriculum include food as a central topic of academic study

Common foods like olive oil, fish, honey and fruit juices may not contain the food ingredients you think they do. This is an issue not only of food fraud but of food safety.

Study published in Journal of Nutrition finds fruit, not veggies, associated with lower risks of obesity.

This biography of flavor is a fascinating adventure about the origin and nature of taste

Less than beautiful produce can be an attractive and economical supply source

Concerns about healthy eating and childhood obesity are helping to shape a new generation of foodies and feeding a budding publishing trend.

Jefferson was an adventurous eater, a connoisseur of good wines, and also possibly America's First Foodie

Tech world leaders from Microsoft, Google, Pay-Pal invest in lab meat production.

Scientists know that we have taste receptors for fatty acids in our mouths and intestines. They are studying if fat meets the criteria to qualify as a primary taste along with sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami.

Yet another bio-engineered solution without (much of) a problem: inserting extra genes into apples turns off the enzyme responsible for apples turning brown.