Food And Drink

Jan 15, 2019

Trump's burger-fest brings roasting from late-night TV hosts

The spread of fast-food hamburgers and french fries President Donald Trump offered college football champion Clemson Tigers earned him a skewering from late-night TV hosts.


Jan 15, 2019

100 years ago in Boston: The day molasses was deadly fast

Boston is marking the 100th anniversary of its most peculiar disaster - the Great Molasses Flood of 1919


Jan 10, 2019

Jose Feliciano, Bad Bunny are 'Tonight' Puerto Rico guests

Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" broadcast from Puerto Rico will showcase a range of artists with ties to the U.S. territory


Jan 10, 2019

Food giants undermined China's obesity fight, scholar says

A new research paper says a food industry-funded group undermined China's efforts to keep obesity rates in check


Jan 10, 2019

3 dead after commercial crabbing vessel capsizes off Oregon

A commercial fishing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing three men aboard


Jan 9, 2019

USDA: Food stamps will be funded through February

The Trump administration says the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, will be funded through February


Jan 8, 2019

Court action limits shelf life for foie gras in California

If you're a lover of liver from duck or geese, your days of gorging on the delicacy are numbered in California


Jan 6, 2019

Good news for wild blueberries in faltering No. 1 state

Maine agriculture officials say the growers in the No. 1 wild-blueberry state suffered another bad year, but there are reasons to believe the troubled industry is about to turn a long-awaited corner


Jan 4, 2019

Famed Connecticut herbalist's widower ordered off farm

The Connecticut farm of famed herbalist Adelma Grenier Simmons has fallen into disrepair while her widower faces eviction.


Jan 1, 2019

Low carb? Low fat? What the latest dieting studies tell us

Two major studies last year offered some insight into the role carbs play in making us fat, but unfortunately they don't settle the question of how best to lose weight in 2019