Our Bastille Day bash includes a visit to Provence, a guide to French restaurants in the United States, and a puff pastry primer—plus a summery, buttery tart recipe

Our latest collaboration with BlogHer recommends where to eat and what to order to enjoy French fare sans fuss...

Pistou is Provence's version of Italian pesto, minus the nuts. Although it's most often associated with soupe au pistou, a vegetable soup that is almost magically transformed by a spoonful of pistou added to your bowl at...

Kelly Senyei salutes classic foods—from the French Dip sandwich to fortune cookies—whose origins may surprise you

We're peering through the golden arches at the pros and cons of fast food, plus iconic drive-through dishes, speedy dessert recipes, and terrific takeout coast to coast

If oysters and chile peppers supposedly make people feel frisky, what foods have the power to turn them off sex altogether? Lexi Dwyer looks at anti-aphrodisiacs, or recipes for disaster in the bedroom...

At Hugh Hefner’s so-famous-it’s-infamous estate, Kelly Senyei peeks behind closed (kitchen) doors and digs into Hef’s favorite dish (surprise: it’s lamb, not bunny)...

Kelly Senyei caught up with one of Hollywood’s best-known mother-daughter duos to talk signature dishes, Mother’s Day gifts, and the secret family recipe for spinach rollups ...

Fine dining is about soft lighting, elegant plates, and impeccable service. But as Julia Savacool learned from leading scientists, it’s about something else, too: The right tunes can make or break...

Lauren Grodstein, a transplanted city kid, is in it for the win