Fun with Food

Battered to Perfection: The Science of Fish n’ Chips

23 September 2007

When looking for a traditional British dish, you can’t get much better than fish and chips; a huge slab of deep-fried white fish accompanied by a heap of hot, thick potatoes…

It Figures: The numbers behind your dinner

Food is for math, not eating.
by Anne Casselman

26 June 2007

How Nintendo Taught Me to Slice and Dice

Our reporter pulls a Japanese-style potato salad out of a handheld video game
by Paula Gaetos

11 June 2007

Mars Needs Lunchboxes

What will Mars astronauts take with them? Pretty much any dish that can reach five years of age and not taste like it
by Anne Casselman

05 June 2007

Have the Good Taste to Quit Smoking

Like O.J. and toothpaste, a healthy diet may make cigarettes taste worse – despite Big Tobacco's best efforts
by Jennifer Taylor

24 April 2007

Orange-Hued Bangers Do Good By Your Heart

A pinch of orange peel keeps porky flavor in low-fat sausages
by Katie Law

24 January 2007

Haute chocolate molécule

Luxury chocolate has never been so lush or nerdy
by Tania Rabesandratana

09 January 2007

Coffee: Friend or Foe?

The good, the bad and the tasty when it comes to the world's favorite beverage.
by Eva Amsen

26 December 2006

I’m Dreaming of An All White Meat Christmas

A couple of chemical extractions and one protein-concentrate shake later, an Alberta food researchers changes dark meat to light
by Anna Gosline

26 December 2006

A Whiff of What?

Cocoa's complex aroma includes essence of cabbage and undertones of armpit
by Megha Satyanarayana

18 December 2006