While we both love food, we don’t see eye to eye on the ethics behind it or, perhaps better put, I have a real passion for the environmental and humane aspects behind my eating, while his take is more along the lines of, "I love hot dogs."

Conversations with two Amazon employees—one who works in marketing, and one who works as a Prime shopper—reveal the discrepancies in how different workers at the tech giant have weathered the pandemic.

From dietary supplements to juices to pants (yes, pants) and bedsheets, brands are employing a cruel kind of marketing to sell their products. The strategy, unique to the year 2020, might be dubbed “COVID-washing.” Like greenwashing before it, where companies convey misleading information that their products are sustainable, COVID-washing draws in consumers by conveying the false impression that a certain product can cure or repel COVID-19.

Gabriel Martinez Rios spends approximately 40 hours of his week transporting orders from a restaurant to your apartment.

The first year of the coronavirus pandemic was a critical turning point for tofu as it accelerated into “staple” territory. Nasoya, the most popular tofu brand in the U.S., saw an instant boom as quarantine mandates spread across the country. Beginning in March, “there was initially more pandemic buying,” Jay Toscano, the executive vice president of sales for Pulmuone, the parent company of Nasoya, tells Inverse. The company initially saw 20 to 40 percent more sales on orders.

As dine-in culture has dissolved around the country, restaurants’ primary chance to stay afloat lies in takeout and delivery orders, and to pull this off, they depend on third-party food delivery services. While research shows that the apps’ popularity was already trending upward pre-pandemic, restaurants have reported an additional uptick in the customers’ use of these apps.

While there’s no evidence a glass of Tropicana can keep the mucus at bay (some research suggests it could actually aggravate your sickness), the remedy is a much-repeated myth.

Alton Brown believes that our picky palates and trivial standards of beauty have contributed to food inequality across the country. In a conversation about transforming the way we eat hosted by The Atlantic on Thursday night, the chef, TV personality and James Beard Award-winning author spoke about our massive food waste problem and some simple solutions.

From kombucha to kale to a Kardashian-endorsed honey product, new “health food” trends catch on like a cold in a kindergarten classroom.

Is the juice (of oats, in this case) really worth the squeeze?

Though, by all means, Bourdain was classified as a “celebrity chef,” he was readily open about his unglamorous experiences with drug addiction, severe financial debt that he dealt with well into his adult life and his sense of imposter syndrome living a “charmed life.”

In 2016, the threat to get the hell out felt more sincere than years prior; Snoop Dogg and Barbra Streisand, for example, were among the legion that said they’d leave if Trump were elected. And yet, few people followed through. According to statistics released by Canada’s immigration office, there was just a minuscule increase in applications for Canadian citizenship post-election. And Snoop and Streisand are still living stateside.

If the McVegan or some other plant-based product were to become an international menu staple, Mickey D's could ignite a ripple effect on the food industry.

“It’s bullshit.” That’s what Freddie Rah, the 29-year-old manager of Fresh Food Market Deli & Grocery in Lower Manhattan, has to say about Bodega, a Silicon Valley start-up that launched Wednesday.

For an item with such a simple purpose, mattresses are complicated. First, there’s the whole Goldilocks experience of finding the right one. Then, at the end of its run, you need a way to get rid of the thing, which is also way more arduous than anyone would hope. Not only are they bulky, but mattresses also contain a plethora of components—from metal coils and wood frames to cotton and polyurethane foam—making them a bear to break down.

In a world where we have too much stuff to begin with, gifts can be an especially touchy subject. More than half of Americans unwrapped a present they didn’t want in 2024, adding up to roughly $10 billion worth of stuff that got returned, is sitting somewhere collecting dust, or, worse, already burping methane in a landfill.

So this documentary reeled you in. It helped you see there are some major issues in the fishing industry. Yes, it’s true: Our oceans are hurting. Now it’s time to learn more and do your own research. Especially because of the controversy over the misinformation in this film, it’s important to investigate other resources that can help you paint a more accurate picture of what’s going on.

For years, Cress was advocating for what he’s dubbed the “offer-first” policy. “The offer-first policy is where a server comes up to your table, takes your order for a drink and asks whether you’d like a straw with your drink,” he told Mic in an interview. “And just by doing that, a restaurant can actually cut down on their straw use by 50-80%, which is really exciting because you’re not only putting the power of making a choice into the hands of the customer, but you’re also making an environmentally responsible step along the way.”

“Let me tell you something — the best pho is not in Vietnam, it’s in Houston."

I hadn't planned to make my first visit to Paris a comprehensive croissant research trip, it just happened. The catalyst was a croissant from Boulangerie Chevalier, a bakery in St. Germain that I stopped into immediately after checking in at my hotel in the sixth arrondissement — really just because the windows looked charming. Fresh off the plane, I was cloaked in eau de middle seat, yet the first bite was a transformative experience that cut through my same-clothes-different-day fog.

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Veganism has a reputation for being sin-free, the martyr of all diets for saving animals, the human body and Earth itself.

While there’s plenty of evidence that avoiding animal products can benefit both a person’s health and the environment, it’s not necessarily the right eating plan for everyone. Plus, if all Americans were interested in going vegan — many signs point to this not being the case — it’s possible the country wouldn’t be able to sustain such a lifestyle.

Deciding where to eat can be a daunting task. In our BLD (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) series, we handpick three must-visit restaurants in one city. Consider this your guide to the perfect day of eating.

Portland’s food scene is reason enough to plan a visit to the salty New England coastal city. This side of town is best known for its killer seafood, but beyond the lobster roll, there’s tons you’ll want to taste. Think sweet potato donuts, fries cooked in duck fat and cherry-aged beer.

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I can’t speak definitively for him, but I’d wager heavily that Anthony Bourdain would not stand for this shit.

As a caravan of migrants, mostly from Central America, seeks asylum in the United States, the Trump administration has denigrated thousands of people who are desperate for safety from persecution they’d otherwise have to endure in their home countries.

Cruz has repeatedly attempted to capitalize off of Americans’ connection to food, and manipulate it into something that could be threatened if he were to lose an election.

The shots take the concept of "protest as the new brunch" a bit too literally.

Before he was president, Donald Trump was something of a fast food celebrity.

Probiotics, good-for-you bacteria best known for their connection to healthy digestion, naturally occur in plenty of foods — often the fermented kinds, including kimchi, miso and yogurt.

There's very little research on the act of not crying, but many of us are familiar with the sensations that accompany holding back tears: tightness in the chest, a lump in your throat, a sudden headache. Still, we do know a bit about what happens in the body before the onset of tears. Here's what happens throughout your body in the moments prior to the tears making their presence known.

Anxiety isn’t picky. It can creep in at any time of the day ― even first thing in the morning. And before you know it, you’re fretting about the future when your present day hasn’t even started yet.

On Dec. 12, Kotex voluntarily recalled some of its tampon products for unraveling or breaking apart inside consumers’ bodies. Kimberly-Clark, Kotex’s parent company, said in a press release it received “a small number of reports of infections, vaginal irritation, localized vaginal injury, and other symptoms” and that in some cases consumers had to seek medical attention “to remove tampon pieces left in the body.”

Currently, there is no federal or state law requiring Kotex, or any other menstrual hygiene company, to share the ingredients — including the chemicals — that make up its products. This is a problem, says Linda Rosenthal, a Democratic member of the New York state Assembly. When tampons are falling apart inside people’s bodies, she told HuffPost, doctors should be able to know how to treat these patients. But they’ll struggle to do it if they don’t know what’s causing the problem, she said.

Being a woman in the restaurant industry has its challenges ― from sexual harassment, to unfair compensation to inadequate access to health insurance. Being a woman in the restaurant industry in Texas presents a whole additional set of obstacles.

It makes little sense that at the hospital — a place of healing and supposed wellness — food is an afterthought. From the inside, however, it’s easy to pinpoint an explanation.

More than 10 million people visit China’s Great Wall every year. In April 2014, John Morris was one of them, though he went about it a little differently from fellow tourists: He took in the striking sight of the massive and complicated architectural work sitting in his 400-pound wheelchair.

Morris is a 28-year-old triple amputee and wheelchair user, who, with one passport, one arm and no legs, has traveled to 29 countries and territories since a life-changing car accident in 2012. Morris evalu

"I wasn't sure peace and joy were ever going to be possible again," Garofalo said. "Fred brought them back to my life -- an ability to laugh that I thought was gone forever."

An enviously money-savvy friend once told me: If you’re in debt or want to know how to save money, the most important thing is to be honest with yourself about your needs. Maybe your monthly budget absolutely must include sheet masks or weed. Maybe you would *literally die* without an afternoon coffee, or perhaps your fancy gym membership includes the best saunas (even if you haven’t touched a treadmill). These are the rules: Evaluate your priorities, consider what you can compromise, and stick

Two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, which means fat people aren’t part of a niche market — they make up the vast majority of consumers. And yet, when it comes to the physical design of restaurants, theaters and other venues, people with bigger bodies are rarely considered.

“I’m going to be using a binding spell on that guy who calls himself our president,” Misti Kate said.

You’re not imagining it, and your pup probably hasn’t been sneaking into the snack pantry (we hope). It’s actually very common for a dog’s paws to smell like Fritos.

With false adversing, research meddling and completely unobtainable promises, it's almost as if food intentionally bewilders so we don't ask questions and just shove our pie holes with whatever looks good.

If I had things my way, I'd spend all of my time with Rosie Lou, my 120-pound Leonberger. At the office, she'd sit at the desk next to mine and, and we might share an ice cream cone after work. Sadly, big old Lou isn't allowed to ride New York City transit, nor can she walk into an ice cream shop. In effort to safely bring RL with me everywhere, I printed her darling mug onto a T-shirt. It might be the next best thing to having her with me during every moment.

As it turns out, walking a cat on a leash isn't some senseless gimmick. Many felines find great pleasure in time spent outside, enjoying the sounds of birds chirping and the scent of freshly cut grass, just like humans do.

It is impossibly moist. It's not overly sweet. It has stolen my heart.