Even before the internet, overindulgence was something of a spectator sport for those who reveled in gastronomic glory ...

"It's my new go-to treat!" ...

Nathan's Famous is known for making some of the best hot dogs, but the chain, which opened its first location on Coney Island in 1916, is famous for starting a tradition that has become quite the ...

A competitive eater cycled 11 hours before eating a 4.5kg (9lb 9oz) cottage pie to raise money for charity.

WHEN a petite, glamorous woman steps on stage at the Kingston-Upon-Thames chilli-eating competition, no one expects her to ...

It sounds like a dream job, but 24 people got to devour as many paczki — the decadent Polish Mardi Gras treats topped with powdered sugar — as they could in five minutes. At Bennison’s Bakery in ...

Welcome to Year 10 of High School Confidential, powered by Danville Area Community College. It's an award-winning project made possible by aspiring student journalists from every corner of our ...

On the 240th anniversary of his country's independence, American Joey Chestnut ate 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes. A new record. "Jaws," as Chestnut is known, put down a summer's worth of cased meats at ...

Jennifer Rodriguez Perez started her Thursday as a typical 19-year-old UF marine sciences junior. She ended it with a new title: “head of the lettuce.” A crowd of around 40 people gathered by a bench ...

Dave Roberts apparently likes to enjoy a cigar while watching people overindulge. The Dodgers manager popped by a wing-eating competition at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Glendale, Arizona, on Wednesday ...

Bennison’s Bakery held its fifteenth annual Paczki Eating Contest on Saturday, raising money for the Alzheimer’s Association. About 20 contestants, working in teams of two, had five minutes to eat as ...

LANSING — For the third year in a row, Lansing resident Akiem Harshman won Quality Dairy's paczki-eating contest by wolfing down six in five minutes. Winning $1,000 for the Judson Baptist Church, ...