Move over, cooking shows. In Korea, the big food fad is eating shows, or mukbang. Korean viewers are so glued to watching strangers binge eating that the live-streamers consuming calories in front of ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As 10 slices of bacon sizzle on an electric griddle, YouTube star Nicholas P ...

The movie version of “The Solitary Gourmet,” released March 19, is winning over audiences with its food-filled journey — and nowhere more so than in South Korea, often dubbed the “nation of mukbang.” ...