Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether a form of caffeine sold in lipstick-shaped containers is safe for consumers.

Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer Old Forge resident Nancy Rafferty, left, was the winner of this week's Local Flavor: Recipes We Love contest, thanks to her family's cherished Passatelli Soup recipe.

Kathryn Dysart, left, and Mimi Edelman, right, co-chairs of Slow Food Metro North, present Stephen Mancini and Eric Gabrynowicz, left to right in center, with the Slow Food Snail of Approval.

Pancakes and sausages for dinner may not immediately come to mind when thinking of Lent, but Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, is held the day before Ash Wednesday at churches across the country each year.

As humans, we sometimes pay a price for drinking alcohol - in hangovers, or worse.

Members of the media wearing protective suits and masks report, escorted by an official of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, second left, at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb.

Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level and ability to think clearly, but the effect might be more acute in women, U.S. researchers said.

If you fall somewhere in the middle - if you want to drink some Hurricanes or Abitas, and wear some beads but keep your shirt on - and can't make it to New Orleans for the parades, here are a few places around the country that might almost make you feel that you're there.

Millions of Chinese have come to love Big Macs and Whoppers. So when a California-inspired chain put up signs in Shanghai announcing the coming of the Double-Double, local burger lovers rejoiced.

What Bill and Anita Cook should have been doing once the weather cleared last Wednesday was pruning their 60-year-old Atlantic, Jersey, Dixie and Stanley blueberry bushes - snipping away at older, weaker limbs crowding out the stronger ones as they prepare to bear fruit this summer.

Tampa Bay-area police say a woman angry about the time it was taking to get service in a fast-food restaurant's drive-thru lane rammed another car and then sped away.

Dr. Mark Post, professor of vascular physiology at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, is working on creating meat from bovine stem cells.

Rob Lopez, Jose Acosta and Ivan Barajas try the new Doritos Tacos at Taco Bell. / By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY IRVINE, Calif.

Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it every day may have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new U.S. study.

In this Oct. 20, 2010, file photo Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass weighs sweet potatoes as he works with first lady Michelle Obama and students on the White House Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

Jonathan and Ann Weimer, from Corning, taste chili from Fine Line Bistro during the 14th Annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-off at the Commons.

The people have spoken-and tasted-and the results we've all been waiting for are in.

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is famous for his scientific approach to cooking.

The company, maker of Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers and more, plans to reduce most of its chocolate bars to 250 calories or less per portion.

The Wilmington United Methodist Church will continue its tradition of celebrating Fat Tuesday this Tuesday, Feb.