Some people will always like it hot. When do you like to turn up the heat, and how do you chill chilli if it's all too much?

of the most expensive cookbooks.

Chocolate is an incredibly complex product.

if your KitchenAid stand mixer breaks.

Have you ever made a conscious decision to try to come to like a flavour you've always hated?

Avoid farmers’ market faux pas.

The latest spots want customers to leave their laptops at home.

As egg producers reeled from a recall, they were already battling a movement to outlaw their methods as cruel and unsafe.

Research – from Italy, would you believe – suggests that pizza can be good for your health.

food allergies could actually be good for you - and the earth.

The best cookbooks can be enjoyed for lots of reasons – fine writing, a spot of social or cultural history. And just occasionally, we might even try some of the dishes.

become the new espresso?

In defense of a $625 cookbook.

How to ask your server about sourcing.

A new study shows that malignant cells love fructose, but the war against the sweetener isn't really about science.

Herbivores will heartily approve.

How clean is our drinking water?

Is it overrated?

...from celebrities famous for something other than cooking.

The future of food magazines?

What you can do to make his job easier.

How do I break my vegetarianism to my boyfriend’s meat-loving family?

Diluting coffee and cocktails with water can change their balance for the better, Harold McGee says.

A new study out of France found that patrons who dine to songs with “pro-social lyrics” are more likely to tip.

A study shows that drug traces in our waste can affect marine life behavior, but can crustaceans have feelings?

The short answer is four hours, but there's a lot more to it than that.

As the spill reaches more of the food supply, the government steps up monitoring to try to keep the local seafood industry from collapsing.

can help save the planet.

if you combine footwear or accessories with food?

Balance, weight, bolster and tang: Here's what they mean for you and your cutley.

Salsa, guacamole - and a side order of food-borne illness.

In Portland, Ore., global and international success, as well as competition, spring from an emphasis on local entrepreneurship.

Another day, another proposed ban in San Francisco.

A strange new food product called the Candwich is currently at the center of a lawsuit.

A practice of having the sommelier taste the wine first doesn’t leave some restaurant customers happy.

How can I get reservations at a hot restaurant?

How food gets assigned a gender.

Don’t resort to the Windex diet.

One simple recipe and two methods to infuse it are all you need to unlock your creativity.

anyway?

On the high seas, the bluefin is being hunted into extinction. Will we ever be able to think about seafood the same way?

Is visiting a restaurant kitchen or being schmoozed by the chef ever a worthwhile or pleasant experience?

28 million boxes of cereal with uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell.

Feel and design are matters of preference; sharpness isn't, and this is what you need to know when choosing one.

...coffee more 'local'.

City dwellers may love buying locally, but what does it mean for the farmers' own communities?

Sending food back in a restaurant.

Anti-theft lunch bags.

A dining trend allows customers to decide their own menu prices. An economist explains why it's a bad idea.

But is trendy sustainable?

A to-go faux pas.

Bad things happen with low blood sugar.

The Daily Beast scoured the nutritional info to find the 40 deadliest restaurant meal-enders.

Which is less bad for the environment: wine or beer?

...for eggshells.

Grub Street theorized that writer Regina Schrambling was behind Ruth Bourdain, the Twitter parody mashup of Anthony Bourdain and Ruth Reichl.

How to buy, season and maintain cast iron cookware.

caffeine study reveals.

‘You hired a chef and you’ve never tasted his food?’

Table manners weighs in.

College-educated and unemployed, New York’s young home cooks hope to find a place in the food world.

It comes down to its particular soil and climate. So, what about sustainability and global warming?

'Y'all ain't gonna be able to eat shrimp like you used to'

"I’m sure we can find something on the menu your child will like."

You don't have to be a jerk to have a palate like one. Plus: A slide show to train the tongue and master your mouth.

Apps for iPad cooking

Tiny cakes, sweets and savoury creations by French artist Stephanie Kilgast.

and I'm a vegan.

The divine order clearly ordains that cheese should follow dessert. Doesn't it?

The chain adds plasma TVs, movable chairs and local flair. Will you stop hating them now?

A new Harvard study that found no increased risk of heart disease among meat eaters is generating a lot of buzz for red meat.

Easy? Maybe not. Rewarding? Hell yeah.

The road to hell is paved with unintended consequences.

A small but influential band of cooks says both their food and mood are influenced by the kind of herb that can get people arrested.

A restaurant chain shrinks plate size to appeal to the social networking crowd. Is this the way of the future?

Women in the kitchen.

If you must bring Fido: How to dine with dogs.

A gallery of record breakers.

making us sick?

takes fight to control your food to supreme court.

How my best friend taught me the value of keeping cool in the kitchen.

G-8 chefs baffled by Laura Bush's 'poisoning' claims.

Getting egg on your face can be a good thing.

Muppets wedding cupcakes.

Etiquette gaffes are worse before caffeine.

The perfect low-fat local meat?

A cruelty-free diet may be healthy for adults, but parents should be aware of the risks for their children.

A new move to ban the fast food clown misses out on a crucial fact.

Publisher destroys 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible after 'silly mistake' causes outrage.

Camera-toting bloggers finally get a name.

Slim chips flavored paper snacks.

Cilantro haters, it’s not your fault.

The former Naked Chef on trying to get the US to slim down.

With its energy efficiency and growing reputation for power and precision, induction cooking may be the iPad of the kitchen.

A do-it-yourself veggie venture.

We're all familiar with the idea of chefs as artists, but artists working with food?

Should a restaurant cookbook allow the home cook to bring exact replicas to the table, or is it a glossy souvenir?

A map for the seafood aisle.

Waitrose has had to import German rhubarb because an advert by Delia Smith caused British supplies to run out.

They still want their strawberry milk and chicken nuggets.