We know you’ve got Tuesday, Feb. 14, circled on your calendar, but there’s a lot to do before Valentine’s Day, including many ways to celebrate this weekend. See our ideas for the best events this weekend , including dual exhibits featuring two Founding Fathers, plays put together in a day and the International Wine and Food Festival. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Founding Fathers exhibits, Play In a Day

The amount of trans fat in the American bloodstream fell by more than half after the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products, according to a new study . Read full article > >

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Trans-fat blood levels plummet after FDA food-labeling regulation

H ere’s one of the reasons I admire District Commons: During the most recent Restaurant Week, the Foggy Bottom newcomer let customers choose from nearly its entire menu, in the same generous portions it has dished up since opening in October. Whether you got a giant brick-pressed chicken or shrimp and grits during the promotion last month, the food was delivered by servers who, despite the crowds, appeared to be happy explaining the restaurant’s pretzel loaf and flagging the presence of 99 all-American beers at the bar. Read full article > >

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Tom Sietsema’s review of District Commons

H ere’s one of the reasons I admire District Commons: During the most recent Restaurant Week, the Foggy Bottom newcomer let customers choose from nearly its entire menu, in the same generous portions it has dished up since opening in October. Whether you got a giant brick-pressed chicken or shrimp and grits during the promotion last month, the food was delivered by servers who, despite the crowds, appeared to be happy explaining the restaurant’s pretzel loaf and flagging the presence of 99 all-American beers at the bar. Read full article > >

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Tom Sietsema’s review of District Commons

As part of a plan to improve the nutritional quality of the food it sells, Walmart said that it would begin placing a label with the words Great for You on its Great Value and Marketside food items.

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Walmart to Add ‘Great for You’ Label to Healthy Foods

As the Modern Cupcake Moment swirls into its second decade, America just might have to admit that what we’re dealing with — 669.4 million sold from October 2010 to October 2011, according to the market research firm NPD — is not a fad. It’s an enduring love affair. Read full article > >

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The psychology of cupcakes

Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.

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Spoon-fed babies ‘end up fatter’

A senior Senate Republican has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration ’s secret e-mail monitoring of scientists who warned that unsafe medical devices were approved over their objections, saying whistleblowers often are treated “like skunks at a picnic.” Read full article > >

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Grassley investigates FDA monitoring of whistleblowers

Pythons and anacondas worked their way to the top of the Everglades food chain through vicious fighting and voracious eating, but they have a weakness. “It’s real simple. When it gets cold, they die,” said Andrew Wyatt, president of the U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers, which supports the trade and trafficking of pet snakes for profit. Read full article > >

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Burmese pythons: Could the snakes move north?

Do you remember from your childhood how satisfying it was to pull apart the two triangles of a toasty sandwich and dip each imminent mouthful into a bowl of steam-wafting soup? Plenty of restaurateurs are capitalizing on the possibility that you might. Read full article > >

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Soup and sandwich, now more than ever

Do you remember from your childhood how satisfying it was to pull apart the two triangles of a toasty sandwich and dip each imminent mouthful into a bowl of steam-wafting soup? Plenty of restaurateurs are capitalizing on the possibility that you might. Read full article > >

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Soup and sandwich, now more than ever

The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show. Read full article > >

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FDA workers sue agency over monitoring personal e-mails

Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study warns.

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‘Microplastic’ threat to shores

Before I started experimenting with indoor smoking, I had a question: Was smoking foods indoors basically the same as smoking it outdoors, except with a ceiling instead of a sky? By “same,” I didn’t mean the method. Indoor smoking is a miniature version of the real thing — well, sort of. I mean the flavor. Is the taste of oven-smoked meats as robust as those smoked outside? If not, is it close enough to make it worth the bother? Read full article > >

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What indoor smoking can — and can’t — do for food

Foods traditionally eaten at Chinese New Year carry great significance. But it is not the only festival where food is given greater meaning.

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Why do we give food meaning?