There is one innate problem with hosting a podcast dedicated to food: Everyone gets hungry, and no one gets to eat. Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley realized this early on while creating the ...

SOMERVILLE — Who knew spoons affect the taste of food because of the interaction of saliva with metal? A copper spoon elicits more bitterness than stainless steel while a gold spoon makes things ...

The hosts of Gastropod, an award-winning podcast about the science and history of food, will be in Philly on Friday, Nov. 16, to do a live show. From 6 to 7:15 p.m., Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley ...

Salt is a magical substance. An essential nutrient, it was once even used as currency. So what’s behind the push to get food makers to reduce sodium — one of salt’s components — in Americans’ diets?

The boarding school I attended as a kid imposed some rules on new students. You had to be Catholic; it was run by French nuns. You had to be able to afford, and keep track of, the multiple pieces of ...