On the history of modern food.

Long considered a punchline, vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstream supermarket shelves.

On the history and origin of the crab rangoon.

The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.

The personal and professional troubles of a Detroit waitress.

Capitalism, self-identity, and fraudulent projections.

“Easy care” sheep, crushed piglets, and starving calves. These are the products of a remote research center where scientists are trying to re-engineer the farm animal to fit the needs of the 21st-century meat industry.

A Georgia chicken farmer hoped to find financial independence in ethical foie gras. Things got weird.

Raising a cow on an industrial feedlot.

A pizza restaurant employee goes to extreme lengths to sabotage a rival.

"I normally hopped on my Honda scooter and went straight home after work, but not that day. I stood by the gumball machine near the front entrance and peered out the blinds, staring daggers into the Pizza World facade. Their parking lot was full, even though the lunch rush had been over for two hours. I looked at the intersection and their guy was still dancing, waving his arms like a buffoon, no rhythm at all, nothing choreographed. I had a three-minute routine I would do and then repeat, over and over like a fucking pro (three different one-minute variations of the Macarena dance, choreographed by yours truly). Pizza World had clearly put a rookie in the suit, and I thought: that’s one strike against you."

An industry responds to the recession by rebranding the carrot as anything but vegetable.

Immigrant farmers are flocking to the poultry industry – only to become 21st-century sharecroppers for companies like Tyson.

Race relations at the gigantic and soul-crushing Smithfield slaughterhouse, where annual turnover is 100 percent: 5,000 people are hired, 5,000 quit.