How shall I dine thee? Let me count the ways.

People in many cultures love to eat special foods that usher in good luck, longevity, abundance and hoped-for wealth in the new year. Among many such is the pomegranate.

It’s astounding to note the history of the popularity of oysters in this country between the War of Independence and the heyday of the Western Expansion.

Learn much more about eating tinned fish than its place in the tuna salad sandwich.

We eat anchovies all the time without knowing it, mainly because we don’t see them coming.