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A little dry-aging is good. But no matter what aficionados tell you, steak should taste like steak—not like bleu cheese.

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What if restaurants could cook produce grown in nearby backyards? Turns out they can—or at least one of them.

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The Invisible Barriers to Solving Obesity

Can restaurants fight obesity? Can activists? Consumers? An investigation of why most players are bound to fail.

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Tomatoes are ubiquitous in Greece, but they arrived only in the 1800s. How did these "golden apples" become so prized?

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This section is edited by Corby Kummer with Daniel Fromson

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Food: The Great Debate

Atlantic editor Corby Kummer discusses organic farming, genetically modified foods, and more in this Bloggingheads.tv exchange with Wellesley College's Robert Paarlberg Watch Large » May 24 2010

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