Food & Nutrition

“We eat first with our eyes” – Apicus

For many of us, it is a pain in the ass to make dinner, for ourselves, for two or the stereotypic family of 4.3 and a dog.

Ever had a Diet Coke that tasted awful—sour, metallic, like death itself? (1) There’s a scientific reason for that.

I find the Carnivore Diet one of the most absurd trends I’ve encountered.

The crisis is long over, but if you were a young family with babies three years ago, scary memories of escalating health worries and retail stores bereft of infant formulas remain.

Location, location, location

We eat 1.28 billion kilograms of chocolate in the US annually, generating revenues of $23 billion.

Gatorade Water? Yes, such a thing exists. It has "no flavor" and costs about $20 for a 15-pack of 1-liter bottles.  Better still, it's alkaline! 

Cacio e Pepe, what could be simpler? A traditional recipe from central Italy. It consists of noodles in a creamy blend of pecorino cheese, pepper, and starch-enriched water.

Fourteen years ago, Michael Pollan published Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual which contained some rule-like aphorisms to guide our dietary choices.