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  • Snack makers come out with new flavors every year. Many of those new tastes get their start in labs off of the New Jersey Turnpike.

  • European wine experts are mulling over a critical issue today: whether American wine producers should be allowed to use the word "chateau" on bottles they sell in Europe.

  • A familiar scenario: You're thirsty. You walk into the store to buy something to drink. But you're not exactly sure what you want, and you're inundated with choices.

  • Americans are drinking less milk as sports drinks, water and other beverages pour it on.

  • With so many ways to find recipes and cooking tips these days, many food enthusiasts wonder if cookbooks will go the way of the dodo.

  • U.S. first lady Michelle Obama joins students for lunch at the cafeteria of Parklawn Elementary School January 25, 2012 in Alexandria, Va.
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    Your family might still be enjoying a summer diet of backyard barbeques and trips to Dairy Queen, but pretty soon kids will be back in school. And they could be facing a much different school lunch than they used to.

  • Heineken has offered $6 billion to buy Asia Pacific Breweries, which makes Tiger beer. Their giant bid was meant to elbow out a play by a billionaire from Thailand and get a stronger hold on the Southeast Asian market.

  • Call it “the Chipotle effect,” but more and more fast food joints are going upscale.

  • Forget fourth meal — now Taco Bell is serving up new menu items that seemingly aim to compete with Chipotle. Will the strategy really work?

  • Big pizza chains like Domino's and Papa John's have banned together in a coalition called The American Pizza Community to stop proposed calorie-labeling regulations.