One of the ways the body signals fullness after a meal involves satiety neurons located in the hypothalamus. Sugar seems to hijack that system. Horasiu Vasilescu / 500px/Getty Images hide caption
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Canned soup and vegetables are displayed for sale in a New York City grocery store on Feb. 11. Some food and beverages could cost more if steel and aluminum can prices rise in response to U.S. tariffs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
How Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store
First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later
Egg prices jumped more than 15% in January, after farmers had to cull millions of laying hens due to avian flu. The rise in grocery prices kept overall inflation elevated. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Cocoa prices have surged over the past several years, recently reaching record levels and driving up the cost of chocolate. Scott Olson/Getty hide caption
Why those Valentine's Day chocolates will be even more expensive this year
Several brands of canned tuna have been recalled for faulty packaging. urguplu/Getty Images hide caption
Do you have what it takes to cook these guys perfectly? Veni vidi... shoot/Getty hide caption
Buffalo wings are the quarterback of many Super Bowl buffets. Despite strong demand, wing prices have remained fairly steady this year, even as egg prices have more than doubled. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Here's a Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?
Pets At Home in Southend, U.K., is one retailer to be selling dog treats made from lab-grown meat. John Keeble/Getty Images hide caption
Bird flu and other factors have contributed to an egg shortage across the country. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
As egg prices soar, what are some good, low-cost subsitutes?
A Waffle House sign is shown in Indianapolis Feb. 19, 2024. Isabella Volmert/AP hide caption
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that just nine children's cereal brands advertised directly to kids dominated purchases by families with kids: Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Pebbles, Reese's Puffs, Toast Crunch and Trix. Cathy Scola/Getty Images hide caption
Advertising to kids, not adults, drives sugary cereal sales
The FDA has upgraded a recall of over 6,000 bags of Frito-Lay Lay's Classic Potato Chips to a Class I recall, the agency's highest level of severity. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Is beef fat good skincare? Pierre Crom/Getty Images hide caption
A bright red drink with a lemon and a stainless steel straw. The petroleum-based dye known as Red No. 3 is found in candy, snacks, and juice beverages, among other food and drink. Naomi Rahim/Getty Images hide caption
Even if you dislike cooking, you still have to eat every day. In this episode, Margaret Eby, author of You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible, shares practical tips for getting meals on the table. For example, dressing up a bowl of instant ramen with frozen vegetables, an egg and cheese. Illustrations by Mariá Toro, excerpted from You Gotta Eat by Margaret Eby (Quirk Books, 2024) hide caption
Boar's Head meats are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024 in San Rafael, Calif. The USDA released a new report on what led to the listeria outbreak. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Lauren Gruel, pictured at right, celebrates having filled another truck bed with community-donated supplies on Thursday. She and her husband Andrew turned their Huntington Beach restaurant into a donation hub to support wildfire victims in Los Angeles. Emma Bowman/NPR hide caption
Girl Scout S'mores, left, and Toast-Yay! cookies will be retired at the end of the 2025 season. Girl Scouts of the USA hide caption
Girl Scouts are retiring two cookie flavors (don't worry, your Thin Mints are safe)
A boy carries freshly-baked bread as people line up outside a bakery in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 21, 2024. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Is TikTok in or out in 2025? Drew Angerer/Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
2025 Predictions: social media is OUT & food politics are IN
The FDA says that people who bought 24-count packages of organic pasture-raised eggs with UPC 9661910680 under the Kirkland Signature brand — and also bearing the Julian code 327 and a use-by date of Jan 5, 2025 — should bring the products back to Costco or discard them. Food and Drug Administration hide caption
This mashed potatoes recipe from America's Test Kitchen is the perfect way to provide comfort and joy over the holidays. Beth Fuller/ATK hide caption
