In the hallowed hall of food fads, what in the world could be weirder than mukbang? A Korean word, loosely translated it means something like eat-casting. Basically, it's watching long YouTube videos ...

The name might not be too familiar, but Mukbang Seafood & Bar springs from something that’s becoming increasingly prominent piece of the New Orleans food scene. It’s focus is boiled seafood, through ...

In a recent development, South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has issued a warning against consuming a viral food trend of fried toothpicks that has been circulating on social media. The ...

I recently came across a YouTuber whose channel description promised that she was “going to eat delicious food here for your satisfaction”. For the next few minutes, I watched in open-mouthed horror ...

“Mukbang” shows, in which people livestream themselves consuming a large quantity of food, have risen in popularity over the past few years. As this trend swept the globe, the Korean term for ...

Cable network JTBC is jumping on the mukbang bandwagon with plans for a new food-centric variety show. On May 2, a representative from JTBC told TV Report, “We’re planning for a new show called ‘Girls ...