Chicago's first food truck with the new Mobile Food Preparer license, allowing cooking on board, hit the street Tuesday at lunch.

Super Bowl Sunday ranks only behind Thanksgiving in food consumption, says the USDA. So it's no wonder that more than a third of all the ads were from food and drink companies.But my pick for the best Super Bowl 2013 ad wasn't for food, beer, or even pop.

The best food and drink events this week include La Chandeleur crêpes, Pączki Day, and a pet-friendly Puppy Bowl party.

Setsubun welcomes Spring this Saturday with bean-throwing and mochi-catching, if you survive the crowds.

 Louisa Chu eats raccoon at the 86th Annual Tom McNulty Coon Feed at the Delafield American Legion Post 196 in Wisconsin.

Best food and drink events this week include the 86th annual Coon Feed, Charleston chef Sean Brock, a Chicken Freedom Project chef chili cook-off, and much more.

A new study says crabs feel pain, not surprising to a former incidental professional crustacean torturer.