One of the recurring topics at the Atlantic Food Summit today was front-of-package labeling, with its promise of giving consumers a quick reference on whether the food in question is healthy or not. The label could be a grading system or a color-coded system. It might even be a simple statement of calories per serving [...]

In this companion video to a story that Corby Kummer wrote in the latest issue of the Atlantic, the food writer gives us a tour of Walmart's produce section. Here's the money quote after Kummer reviews the produce from both a Walmart Supercenter and a Whole Foods in Austin (the "ur-Whole Foods," as Kummer calls it):

That's the question floated recently over at the Atlantic Food Channel, where Corby Kummer suggested that America's tipping culture is broken and needs to be fixed. Y&H has understood for more than two years now what kind of animosity tipping can bring out in diners. For those who don't remember, or missed it altogether, check [...]

I thought this Atlantic post called "This Milk is Alive" would be an informative discussion about the virtues (or lack of same) of raw (aka unpasteurized) milk. But lo and behold it's merely a "That's Incredible!" kind of story about an English dairy that's (allegedly) hired a tenor to sing to its cows, thus (allegedly) [...]

The Atlantic's new online food section, according to Corby Kummer, promises "twelve departments that showcase some of the wisest and most authoritative people in the worlds of food, wine, and coffee, and many delightful fresh ones. What unites them all is passion, infinite curiosity, and openness to new tastes and new thoughts." The debut edition [...]