Here’s something you didn’t need us to tell you (but we’ll do it anyway): Americans love pizza. According to Forbes, “two-thirds of every dollar gets spent at the likes of Pizza Hut, Domino’s and other fast-casual joints.” And while those industry titans compete with each other through ever-more-ridiculous stunt products like Doritos crusts and fried chicken crusts, a California startup entered what looked like a saturated market and starting blowing up.

Let me tell you about this one stretch of Hillsborough Road in Durham, North Carolina. It’s between two freeways, just a short drive from the noble towers of Duke University, and in the space of about a mile, you will find a McDonald’s, a Cracker Barrel, a Wendy’s, a Chick-fil-A, an Arby’s, a Waffle House, a Bojangles’, a Biscuitville, a Subway, a Taco Bell, and a KFC.

It's Sunday lunchtime in St Louis, close to the very middle of Middle America, and there's a healthy crowd at Hooters for the weekend's big football game. This particular branch of the beloved, reviled restaurant chain is within spitting distance of the city's Anheuser-Busch brewery, and the clientele is suitably Budweiser. There's a group of roofers at the next table, drinking 'Big Daddy'-sized beers. Across the beach-themed dining room...

In the Tables for Two column, we seek to savor all aspects of dining out in New York. Here are some of my favorite expeditions of the past year.

Each year on Christmas, families around the country gather around, exchange gifts, slice ham, or turkey, and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Many Jews, meanwhile, feast on Chinese food. "For American Jews, eating Chinese food reaches its pinnacle on Christmas," Joshua Eli Plaut wrote in his 2012 book 'A Kosher Christmas.' "Jews flock to Chinese restaurants on Christmas not only because they are open while other restaurants are closed but also because Jews regard eating Chinese food...

Sit down, look at a digital menu, and in less than 3 seconds, the tablet knows exactly what toppings you're craving on your pizza at that moment. It may sound impossible, but restaurant chain Pizza Hut is already testing it, thanks to eye-tracking technology from Sweden's Tobii.

The Food and Drug Administration announced sweeping rules on Tuesday that will require chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza parlors across the country to post calorie counts on their menus.

When it comes to Tehran, it's impossible to avoid politics and easy to overlook the Iranian city's thriving culinary scene. In our first installment of The MUNCHIES Guide to Tehran, our host Gelareh Kiazand introduces us to the bustling street food offerings in the city. We begin our journey at the capital city's Grand Bazaar, since that's where commodities first arrive. Gelareh beelines for the market's food stands, where she samples dried fruits and nuts while...

At a drab community center on Chicago’s West side, there’s a room where families sit around idly. Unemployment is high here, and so is crime: Last month, East Garfield Park was ranked the seventh most violent out of 77 Chicago neighborhoods. The center offers everything from domestic-violence help, to financial assistance, to warmth during the long winter. It also offers salads, which visitors can purchase from a futuristic

A North Carolina man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks. Alan Martin bought the pass for $100 and says he has received $1,510 worth of food so far.

McDonald's has released a new video detailing how its food suppliers make, freeze and cook the McRib sandwich. The video is part of a massive marketing campaign that McDonald's launched in the US last month to shed light on its often-criticized food sourcing and processing practices. This particular video is in response to a photo of a frozen McRib patty that went viral on social media last year.

Yelp's self-interest, rather than any objective set of criteria, is what determines a real review.

Get ready to order FourthMeal with your smartphone. Taco Bell will today announce a new app that lets customers nationwide order food ahead of time and pick up their meal via drive-thru or by walking into the fast food chain.

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A growing desire to avoid gluten is changing the food industry.

Which are the top 10 foods to eat before you die? Plant a tree, have a child, write a book… and taste the ten delicacies in our list! All of these are things you should do sooner rather than later, before the Grim Reaper comes your way… BOO!

Ever had your credit card turned down at a fancy restaurant? President Obama can commiserate. Speaking to workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington on Friday, he recalled a moment last month when, at the end of a dinner out in New York City, his plastic was declined.

One of the city's newest restaurants aims to elevate canned fish to an object of desire. There's no kitchen and no chef. The owners argue that tinned goods can be a greener gourmet choice.

Think you like wasabi? Think again. The little green balls that sting nostrils and line sushi platters around the world are very rarely what their name suggests. What sushi restaurants actually serve alongside spicy tuna rolls is a horseradish-based concoction that is injected with green food coloring, infused with various types of mustard, and, often even, a bunch of other chemicals.