Porridge

Part one of our new Battle Brother's diary series.

The frosting is a "lazy" mix of melted butter, brown sugar and coconut — because sluggish bakers deserve nice treats, too.

German food is more than a mere mix of beer, sauerkraut and sausage. Done well, it is rich, hearty and delicious. Check out our list of Germany's 20 best foods.

Cook smarter, not harder.

In China's economic downturn, food-delivery workers toiling under unforgiving rules and dwindling pay say they don't see a future.

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story.

Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: an unaccompanied minor caring for twin brothers, a woman who was raped.

From Kenya to Brazil, patients need tasty, nutritious food more than most – so which countries do it best?

After years of popping up in some of L.A.'s best coffee shops, baker Jiyoon Jang debuts a cafe of her own, where hotteok-inspired cream-top lattes and black sesame mochi bars are selling out daily.

You might think flowers don't have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can't move.

The Asian restaurant that Guy Fieri raved about in Santa Barbara almost never came to be.

A pastor named Paul Mackenzie led the followers of Good News International Ministries to live in the forest of Shakahola, near Malindi, Kenya, and told them to fast. Hundreds have been found dead from starvation and strangulation. Alexis Okeowo reports.

Felvidek is a raw, strange, and brilliant RPG that alternates between deadly combat, plummy prose, crass jokes, and odd beauty.

Buddha's birthday is an important holiday in several countries in Asia where there are large Buddhist populations. While the celebrations are largely similar in different countries, the date varies based on the lunisolar calendar. On the holiday, Buddhists across the world commemorate the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha. Devotees observe the sacred day with rituals such as bathing statues of the…

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'Sad beige' lover or slummy mummy? You're damned either way when it comes to cleanliness and parenting, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Archaeologists are studying a Bronze Age village built on stilts to better understand the lifestyles of the people who lived there.

Archeologists dig into 'British Pompei' and find objects from a stilt village that burned down nearly 3,000 years go.

The superbly preserved remains of a Bronze Age settlement offer a glimpse of a "colorful, rich, varied" domestic life circa 850 B.C.

Graeme Thomas Sanders found a way to transform his eating and his body but still work within his schedule. He lost 34 pounds and got ripped.