Food News

Have you ever seen a congressman snacking on a measly tin of sardines? Or maybe a governor ordering a McChicken off the Dollar Menu? In Washington this week, that scene was reality for three Democratic politicians who are taking the "Live the Wage" challenge.

An expectant mom enjoying a front stoop barbecue with her family says a cop placed her in a chokehold outside her Brooklyn home.

Public health officials say Delaware's Women, Infants and Children program has received a grant of more than $690,000 to implement an electronic benefits transfer system.

Red Lobster wants to be seen as a purveyor of quality seafood, so it's getting rid of some of its promotional discounts and plating dishes higher like fancier restaurants.

To become James Brown for the film "Get on Up," Boseman needed to rely on an entirely different skill set.

Salamah Al-Yazji is busy in the best of times. But these days, the baker bakes bread non-stop - sometimes under heavy bombardment - to serve his neighborhood and make sure that those who were breaking the Ramadan fast at sunset had something to eat.

Having to ask for a seat belt extender on a flight was one of Benji Kurtz's biggest life humiliations.

Aretha Franklin has some harsh words for a server who showed D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T by telling the Queen of Soul she wasn't allowed to eat her take-away inside the restaurant.

As Eid-ul-Fitr nears, the lanes and bylanes of the Jama Masjid are packed with people who go around from stall to stall tasting their offerings.

Billy Howard of the group called Foie Gras Free Reno says activists were upset a local company rented the Wilbur D. May Museum and offered meals that included a foie gras creme brulee dessert.

The polar vortex that plunged Indiana into a deep freeze in January has taken a toll on the state's peach crop, and an April cold snap has done the same for apples.

The swelling ranks of Americans adopting gluten-free diets have given rise to another hot trend: people calling the whole thing a bunch of baloney.

Dorsey, 53, is trying to change that. He is among about 500 people across the United States who have participated in a program to learn about cooking fresh foods based on traditional African cuisine.

Whatever you do, don't call it a hamburger. It's called a losh kebab and the Armenian Relief Society was offering the burger-like cuisine as their signature dish at the Lowell Folk Festival Saturday.

The parent company of a scandal-hit Chinese food supplier said it is withdrawing all products made by the subsidiary.

Why does it seem everyone with the knowledge of how to operate a stove, a mouth, a tongue and mom's recipe for fried chicken honestly believes they can take a vacant restaurant space, remodel it, and suddenly have an overnight culinary success on their hands? Are people that foolish? I was.

The annual festival of music, cooking demonstrations and garlic-flavored treats takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Gilroy, about 30 miles south of San Jose.

Fast food workers vow civil disobedience More than 1,300 workers gathered to add sit-down strikes and restaurant occupations Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1mQg1R8 In this May 20, 2014, file photo, Rev.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his family are wrapping up a whirlwind vacation in his ancestral homeland of Italy, complete with cheering crowds, paparazzi and, yes, even proof Italians do eat pizza with a knife and fork.

Aretha Franklin has some harsh words for a New York server who showed D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T by telling the Queen of Soul she wasn't allowed to eat her takeout inside the restaurant.