This year, researchers took a bite out of culinary innovation. Check out some of our favorite food-related stories from 2025.

Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a ...

Meat sales in the United States rose by more than 5% in 2024, while plant-based meat saw a 20% decline in purchases. A blind taste test conducted earlier this year found that most people preferred ...

Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...

How many times have you been presented with a type of food you dislike only to be told it’s an acquired taste, and eventually, if you try it enough times, you’ll come to enjoy it? A new study has ...

Think of it as massive block party. And one during which money is raised to help feed food insecure residents throughout Connecticut. There is vibrant artwork at the party, music, the best food ...

Neal Heitz, the general manager of Taste of Chicago, said there’s a trick to making the most out of the annual food festival, now in its 44th year and set to run Sept. 6-8. “OK, it’s definitely my ...

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches, and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions ...

For one, the color pink is having a moment, and it's been building momentum for a while now. "Over the past few years, we've seen consumers gravitate toward a paler pink, known as 'millennial pink,'" ...