To the bartender at Father’s Office in Culver City, who graciously replaced my California chardonnay with an Italian white on Monday night because the chardonnay tasted rancid: I apologize. Weirdly, ...

Imagine taking 50 pennies and placing them in your mouth. Get them all up in there, lined against your gums. Put them on top of your tongue, so all your taste buds are covered. How does that taste?

I’ve been writing about food for quite awhile now, about eight years. And I’ve been eating food for more than six times that long. So it’s a surprise when I come across a food topic that I have never ...

Scientists on the trail of "pine nut mouth," a nasty metallic aftertaste that some people get after eating the tender little nuts, have been stumped in their latest effort to zero in on the cause of ...