Matthew Zuras
How Mac and Cheese Destroyed a Toronto Neighborhood
Yesterday, residents of Liberty Park woke up to an apocalyptic scene of trash and melted cheddar. "It was just like a bomb went off,” one witness said.
The Public Is Dying to Taste the Prison System's Worst Food
Eastern State Penitentiary's Prison Food Weekend still brings in crowds eager to try different varieties of vending-machine "chi chi" and "cruel and unusual" Nutraloaf.
Meet the Chef Earning $1,000 Per Plate to Cook for Floyd Mayweather
Chef Q—a.k.a. Quiana Jeffries—is personal chef to world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather. I called her up to find out more about the woman behind the champ—a chef who enjoys cooking for womens’ shelters as much as she does filthy rich, eccentric boxers.
ISIS Destroyed Hundreds of Boxes of American Chicken in Food-Starved Syria
Images have emerged online that purportedly depict members of the Islamic State destroying hundreds of boxes of US-produced chicken legs intended for civilians.
The NYPD Hopes to Help Rehabilitate Gang Members With Pizza Parties
As part of a program to fight youth violence, the NYPD has been inviting members of rival gangs to come eat cheese pizza and gain some food for thought.
Throw a Dinner Party with This Creepy Tableware and Watch Everyone Run Away
Ronit Baranga's tableware appears to have mysteriously sprouted body parts—fingers, mouths, teeth, tongues, even a baby's cheeks—and questions our assumptions about the usefulness of objects. It's also supremely unsettling.
Ecoterrorists Want to Poison New Zealand's Baby Formula Supply
Two organizations in New Zealand have received anonymous letters threatening to poison the country's baby formula unless it halts its use of a controversial pesticide.
Alaska Is Falling in Love with a Hideous Fungus
Meet chaga, a parasitic birch tree fungus long-esteemed in Siberian folk medicine for its purportedly curative properties. Lately, it's become the hottest new cup of tea in Alaska's cafes.
Anti-Aging Chocolate Wants to Smooth Your Skin from the Inside Out
Esthechoc is equal parts candy bar and beauty supplement that claims to help turn back the ravages of time—but don't expect to find chocolate-munching retirees waking up with their high-school faces. Sorry, Grandma.
For Yelp Reviewers, Bad Restaurant Service Is Like 9/11
Was your most recent brunch experience like living through an RPG attack? Apparently you're not alone. A Stanford professor has found that Yelp reviewers tend use the language of trauma when they describe a particularly bad meal.
ISIS Is Rebranding Stolen UN Food Rations with Its Own Logo
Photos have emerged online that apparently depict Islamic State members in Syria distributing food boxes stolen from the UN's World Food Programme, rebranded with the ISIS logo.
There Is Now a Cookbook for Bears
Hairy gay men, get excited: Photographer Angelo Sindaco's "Cooking with the Bears" is dedicated to the large, hirsute hunks of Italy and the food they love to eat—giving a middle finger to accepted body standards and homophobia at home.