Samantha Bonar

On Oct. 15, Whole Foods Market launched a new rating system called "Responsibly Grown" that assesses its fruits, vegetables and flowers based on how their growing practices affect people's health and the environment. The produce will be labeled “good,” “better,” or “best” to help shoppers make more informed choices, the......

A new study from UC Berkeley suggests that drinking grapefruit juice may stem weight gain — at least for those who eat a high-fat diet.  According to the research, mice fed a high-fat diet gained 18 percent less weight when they drank clarified, no-pulp grapefruit juice compared with a control......

Coffee addicts may be born, not made. A recent international study led by Harvard researchers has identified six new genes linked to the way caffeine affects us. The work, led by Marilyn Cornelis, a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found a total of eight......

An apple a day keeps the fat cells away? According to a new study, apples — particularly the Granny Smith variety — contain a high percentage of nondigestible compounds that may be helpful in preventing disorders associated with obesity. Scientists at Washington State University say Granny Smiths' high amount of......

Guess Foster Farms missed being in the spotlight. A mere two months after the Centers for Disease Control declared the company's 16-month-long salmonella outbreak finally over, Foster Farms chicken is now being recalled for listeria. About 40,000 pounds (1,223 cases) of Foster Farms' frozen, pre-cooked Chicken Breast Grilled Strips have......

Why did the chicken cross the road? To jump into a waffle cone, of course! (That sound you just heard was every chef in L.A. slapping his forehead — “Why didn’t I think of that?!”) Foodie pair Carb & Nation is bringing this perfect match together for its first West......

One very hot recent day, Ed Morales, sommelier at Pasadena's Langham Huntington Hotel’s post-Prohibition-era bar, the Tap Room (all dark wood and burnished copper), was struck by the chiseled ice design of the classic Nachtmann Sculpture whiskey glass sitting on the dark marble counter before him. He wanted to come up......

A new study published Sept. 17 in the journal Nature says that artificial sweeteners found in diet soda, yogurt and other foods consumed by millions of people may actually raise blood sugar levels instead of lowering them, the Wall Street Journal reports, contributing to the development of diabetes and obesity......

Taylor Farms of Tracy, Calif. is issuing a recall of some lots of tomatoes and salad kits that contain them because they may be contaminated with salmonella, according to the Associated Press. The produce company issued the voluntary recall Saturday night, Sept. 13,  for Expo Fresh Roma tomatoes shipped to......