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How food companies keep us coming back for more
Kai Ryssdal Feb 27, 2013
What makes the food we crave so delicious? The simple and yet so complex combination of salt, sugar and fat, says a new book by Michael Moss.
Pardon me, is that an old Grey Poupon commercial?
Dan Gorenstein Feb 19, 2013
Kraft dusts off its famous ad for the Oscars in a nostalgic attempt to cut the mustard.
Look past the headlines: Horse meat is cheaper, healthier
Stephen Beard Feb 15, 2013
A major scandal in Europe over horsemeat is having an unexpected consequence in Britain: A surge in sales of horseburgers.
British food safety regulators ask: Where's the beef?
Stephen Beard Feb 8, 2013
The British government has ordered the country’s food industry to test all processed beef products after some of the country's biggest food manufacturers have been finding horsemeat in their products.
McDonald's expands menu with a Fish Mc...
Eve Troeh Feb 4, 2013
The fast-food chain offers Fish McBites, with fewer calories and certification that the fish is caught sustainably.
A puppy surprise brought to you by Jell-O
Jeremy Hobson Feb 5, 2013
San Francisco will not be getting a Superbowl trophy, but it is the beneficiary of a PR stunt by Jell-O.
OpenTable buys food photo app
Sally Herships Jan 29, 2013
OpenTable, one of the biggest online restaurant reservation sites, will pay $10 million for Foodspotting and its hordes of amateur photographers.
The fattiest restaurant meals in the U.S.
Kai Ryssdal Jan 16, 2013
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is out with its annual list of the fattiest, most caloric meals out there.
FDA to food industry: Food safety plans are required
Scott Tong Jan 4, 2013
The long-awaited FDA rules focus on preventing outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, rather than tracking after the fact how they occurred.
Spam maker Hormel to buy Skippy peanut butter
Dan Bobkoff Jan 3, 2013
The company best known for canned and deli meats is taking Skippy off the hands of the huge food conglomerate Unilever for a cool $700 million.
