Though I wholeheartedly agree with letter writer Patrick R. Lynch about the stupefying food waste of eating competitions as children are dying of malnutrition in far-off third-world nations, let’s ...

Everyone's favorite Fourth of July tradition is coming in hot. Yes, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York returns on Friday, July 4 and this year, Joey Chestnut returns after a one ...

The champions for this year’s annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest have been crowned. Joey Chestnut delivered a dominating performance in his return to the competition. With 70.5 hot dogs and buns ...

There's something about the fair that pairs perfectly with the start of autumn. It's a pure slice of small town Americana as sweet as blueberry pie -- which just so happens to be what a group of brave ...

As Joey Chestnut makes his return to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday, a Massachusetts resident is hoping to beat him out. Geoffrey Esper, of Oxford, is Major League Eating’s No. 2-ranked eater ...

Somewhere in a far-off third-world nation, children die at a jarring rate from malnutrition. It happened yesterday, it’s happening today and will happen tomorrow. Meanwhile, in America, we stage ...

Twelve brave and hungry individuals competed Saturday in the first pie-eating contest hosted by The Little Rye Bakehouse in Kingston. A significant mess was made. The rules? Eat the entire pie without ...

BENSONURST — Holy cannoli! The Santa Rosalia Feast hosted the third annual Cannoli Eating Contest outside Villabate Alba Bakery on Friday. Men and women competed in separate competitions where each ...

A Reddit user is questioning whether their unusual spice tolerance gave them an unfair advantage in a recent hot pepper-eating contest. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the original poster, or OP, explained on ...