Meat, Without All of the Blood and Guts
Is the world finally ready for cellular agriculture, meat grown in a laboratory, or whatever else the latest marketing attempts are calling it?
Eating
The Culinary Potential of the Canine
Are we any closer to thinking clearly about dog meat?
Are There Purely Environmental Justifications for Eating Animals?
Yes, but don’t mention them to Fido.
Do We Have a Contract With the Animals We Eat?
Yes, but not one that allows us to eat them.
By Fetishizing Freshness, We’re Wasting a Lot of Edible Food
On our farms, in our stores, and at our dining tables, aesthetics and efficiency are at war. Everybody loses.
What’s So Bad About the Paleo Diet?
Meet Arthur Haines, the neo-aboriginal Mainer who is turning paleo fantasy into optimistic reality.
The Problem With Equating Nachos With Macho
Our food choices are determined in part by gender stereotypes. But new research finds we can turn this to our advantage.
The Unbearable Daintiness of Women Who Eat With Men
Women eat in a manner more consistent with normative femininity when in the presence of a male versus a female companion.
How Americans' Views of McDonald's Changed Over the Years
Researchers have long documented problems with McDonald's, but it wasn't until they began showing how the restaurants aimed at children and made people overweight that the American public paid attention.
'Ban GMOs: That Shit Ain’t Food'
How the rhetoric of disgust undermines responsible food choices.
When Are You Eating Your Meals?
Research shows that when you eat can be as important as what you eat.
Maybe You've Been Tricked Into Liking Strawberries So Much
The incredible rise of the strawberry highlights the power of massive marketing campaigns.
With TV Cooking Shows, Watch, but Don’t Imitate
Women who got menu ideas from such programs had a higher BMI than those who did not.
Can We Blame Obesity on Mom and Dad? Consult the Dog
New research looks at intriguing parallels between human parenting styles and styles of pet ownership.
Even in Sports, You Are What You Eat
To cheer for a team, or a sport, is to become part of a larger social phenomenon. Food is another—important—part of that shared identity.
Childhood Exposure to Good Food Inspires Healthy Eating Later in Life
A study finds college kids like foods they were served as children—even if they hated them at the time.
How the Other 'We' Eats: The Standard American Diet
Depending on your socioeconomic situation, you might think 2014 was the year of kale and the at-home amateur chef, but the only trend that the majority of us actually followed en masse was an unfortunate continuation of the standard American diet.
There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
The National School Lunch Program aims to deliver affordable and nutritious meals to our schoolchildren, but it usually only meets one of those goals.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Carmen Ho, 29, Political Science
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
Study: Positive Self-Image Can Inspire, or Inhibit, Overeating
Thinking ahead to an altruistic deed we plan to do may dampen our desire for fattening foods.
Fat-urday: When Eating What You Want Is Cheating
If "cheat days" are built into diets, is it really cheating? It's time to ditch the term and all its dubious implications.