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The government is expanding its testing of E. coli in meat, a move that will hasten recalls and help authorities identify more foodborne illnesses.

We return to our occassional series Food Mondays with a look at a restaurant chain owned by one of the world’s most isolated nations.North Korean-run cafes are sprouting up all across Asia. They give customers a rare look inside the eccentric one-party state.

Despite record low Labor Day temperatures, kids back to school and the unseasonably early arrival of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, summer is not over yet in Chicago. We have more than two weeks left - including a pair of all-important weekends - until the Autumnal Equinox.

Dubbed “the conscience of the food movement” by Time magazine, Gene Baur is co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, the leading farm animal protection organization in the country. Since 1986, his organization has been instrumental in passing the first U.S.

I have a confession. I am a sriracha sauce addict. This is a recent development.

If you're hankering for something new to drink — something more interesting than the usual cocktail or soda — you may want to look to the past.

The cupcake is nearing its end.I don’t mean those gourmet, boutique cupcakes that still get some people squealing like 13-year-old girls upon hearing the first notes of a song at a middle-school dance.Those cupcakes don’t seem to be going anywhere.