PHILADELPHIA — It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for dessert, cinnamon apple rice pudding.But that’s one … more

Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables. One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering … more

Over a decade ago in a small studio apartment in Dickinson, N.D., Ariane Jimison dropped a coffee can full of bread dough, covered in aluminum foil, into boiling water. Jimison had no oven in her small apartment, but she was desperate to make a batch of homemade bread, and steaming it seemed to be her only option. more

Have you ever started to order your food at a restaurant and paused because you weren’t sure of the pronunciation? Or ordered and have been corrected by the waiter? more

I recently read a survey that said 40 percent of Americans fight with their spouse about loading the dishwasher. And an even greater percentage fight about pre-rinsing dishes, whether to place knives point up or down and whether to put the cups on the top rack and plates on the bottom. more

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Greek yogurt is taking over the dairy aisle, but will kids bite? The question is a critical one for General Mills, which is a dominant player in yogurt for kids, with about … more

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Would fancy grade maple syrup by any other name taste as sweet? Vermont lawmakers are pondering that question as they consider whether to drop the state's traditional maple … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A global company with a division specializing in protein and flaxseed is breaking ground Monday on a 40,000-square-foot cereal ingredient processing facility in Sioux … more

NEW YORK — There's nothing more satisfying than a home-cooked meal, especially if it comes out of a can or a pouch. As more people try their hand at mimicking sophisticated recipes from cooking … more

LONDON — First, there was "pink slime." Then horsemeat. Most recently? "Desinewed meat." Recent revelations that such products have reached dinner tables, including horsemeat falsely labeled as … more