On the Plate

The classic dish can be found in red-and-white tablecloth spots across the United States, but there's a fascinating history behind where it got its start

Is you favorite cheese illegal

Ecuador grows some of the world's best cocoa but does it make the best chocolate, asks the BBC's Irene Caselli?

Scientists have drawn up a list of almost 100 exotic fruits and vegetables they believe everyone should eat before they die.

After years of decline, the rich human community that depends on California’s salmon runs may at last be rebounding

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Learn the tricks behind one of the most delicious desserts, it requires a perfect method, the right type of sugar and the correct amount of heat

Baked eggs (sometimes called shirred eggs) are a simple, hearty breakfast. This recipe, which appeared in our special Breakfast issue (October 2008), produces firm whites and velvety yolks.

The Arab world has given birth to many thinkers and many inventions - among them the three-course meal, alcohol and coffee.

Deep down you know it would be better to grind your own spices. So why aren't you?

BY 2050 wine drinkers could be stopping off at Ikea to buy the latest fine drop from Sweden.

If you're one of those people who has never tried a morel mushroom, we'd like to take a guess why. Just the look of them scares you.

The production of farmed fish has overtaken the production of beef for the first time in modern history, according to an article from environmental think tank Earth Policy Institute.

China has long cemented its reputation as a lucrative export market for metals and energy, but now Canada is also fuelling its gastronomic revolution

Geisha variety: An Ethiopian coffee flourishing in Panama.

Why does my bacon burn? Cooking vessels need proper care to give you the best results

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is greatly expanding its definition of local food, CBC's Aaron Saltzman reports.

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Fact: The European Union has banned 7 industrial food-related substances and practices that are still fine and dandy in the US.

"The Way of All Flesh," the cover story of this month's Harper's magazine, may be named after a well-regarded 1903 novel by Samuel Butler, but it includes more gory details than a typical zombie movie.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 2, 2013) - The famous Périgord black truffle of Southern Europe (Tuber melanosporum), universally regarded as the ultimate luxury food, was harvested for the very first time in the Fraser Valley,...

Creme fraiche is the sophisticated French cousin of sour cream. Its texture is smoother and the flavor subtler, not quite so sour, but still a bit sharp.

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