It was the primitive pyramid that caught my eye. I wondered what this construct — it looked like a child’s version of an Egyptian structure sculpted in some dark, pebbly Play-Doh — was doing in a ...

When I was in elementary school, my teacher taught our class about the food pyramid and the importance of a balanced, healthy diet. If we were going to grow up to be big and strong, we needed to eat ...

Editor's note: This article originally ran on Dec. 23, 2019. Do you remember the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food pyramid? Designed to help us all set healthy dietary priorities, the pyramid, ...