Topic “Popcorn”

By Gilad Edelman (Slate)

When I was a kid, there were two kinds of popcorn, as far as I knew: movie theater and microwave. (The only exception was the output from my grandma’s electric air-popper, which saved me the trouble of finding out what packing peanuts tasted like.)

Most of my grown-up friends still seem to hold this benighted worldview. In fact, serving...

By Melissa Healy (Los Angeles Times)

Some of our favorite foods are having a very good spring — in the usual medical journals and at the San Diego gathering of the American Chemical Society. Mash them all up with just a little help from us, and we think you have a pretty good recipe for snack heaven. Read on.

Popcorn, for instance, won accolades as the “perfect snack food”...

By Becky Wright (Standard-Examiner staff)

Halloween and Thanksgiving are favorite holidays, but there are plenty more reasons to celebrate in October and November — and most can be fun without adding extra pounds.

October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. Americans eat 16 billion quarts of popcorn each year, and October is the time to honor this munchable...