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Penzey wasn’t the first C.E.O. to advocate for progressive values. But he has consistently used his business as a platform to deliver messages about truth in science, mass shootings, marriage equality.

The antitrust researcher Moe Tkacik discusses New York’s new laws and the future of DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.“It’s conventional wisdom now that these companies are bloodsucking middlemen,” says Tkacik.

On Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers will be allowed to eat inside restaurants again. We shouldn’t.

On social media, shoppers across the country have been sharing pictures of grocery stores' denuded shelves and shopping baskets overflowing with random groceries.

A surprising aspect of Julia Child, as discussed in a new volume about her conversatons with journalists, is her passionate political engagement.

Although matzo balls are not strictly a Passover food, they are almost always on the menu of Passover seders.

The mystery about why the Portland restaurant, named the best burger place, closed.

Of the twenty-three categories of James Beard Awards this year, (some of which were awarded to groups or entire restaurants), well over half were won by women or people of color.

Monosodium glutamate is a compound molecule in which glutamate is the amino acid responsible for the mysterious deepening of flavor. Its once-vilified reputation has been ascribed to illogic, superstition and even racism.