Amy Scattergood

If you spent a lot of time in college dorms in the 80s, the results of a new University of California, Santa Barbara, study won't come as too much of a surprise. Earlier this week, scientists reported at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting that, when given a choice between......

-- Local food stylist Adam C. Pearson gets hauled off a plane for his tattoos. -- A profile of The Spotted Pig's April Bloomfield. -- A fat tax? No. Let's be free! -- Lindsay Lohan kicks her dad out for showing up unannounced with Chinese food. -- Pumpkin cream pie......

-- Local food stylist Adam C. Pearson gets hauled off a plane for his tattoos. -- A profile of The Spotted Pig's April Bloomfield. -- A fat tax? No. Let's be free! -- Lindsay Lohan kicks her dad out for showing up unannounced with Chinese food. -- Pumpkin cream pie......

According to the blog Obama Foodorama, today the USDA rebooted the National Farmers Market Directory. It's apparently "nutrition info week" at the Department of Agriculture, which was the happy occasion for the upgrade. The state-by-state directory, which can be searched by state, county, zip code and participation in federal nutrition......

If you have recurrent dreams about running your own restaurant, or about being on reality television, or maybe even just about Gordon Ramsay -- of course you might be better off talking to your shrink -- here's a casting call for you. Food Network's food reality show 24 Hour Restaurant......

It's getting close to the end of the year, which fact you can tell by the beginning of year-end predictions. Yes, already. Along with the Christmas decorations, which seem to go up earlier every year. Subliminal Capitalism, I guess. In this vein, PR Newswire is reporting on food service trends......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "But if it's really not too much trouble, could we all declare a moratorium on implicit comparisons between spherical foods and the male anatomy? Thanks. It would mean a lot." A Food-Writing Misstep of Which I've......

We may not all have mothers who make awesome vinegared shrimp, or grandfathers who grew their own chiles for sambal or made their own dumpling wrappers, as chef, cookbook author and television host Ming Tsai did. But hey, that's why people like Tsai write those cookbooks. Read our two-part interview......