Saturday marked the first ever balut-eating contest at Dekalb Market, where anxious competitors elbowed one another for the opportunity to devour as many of the unborn duck fetuses as possible. But ...

Balut, a steamed partially developed duck embryo, is a massively popular dish in the Philippines. It is a meal best eaten with friends and large quantities of beer. In America it is generally ...

In New York City this weekend, there will be a balut-eating contest where, among other things, we'll be introduced to shopworn shock stories about how Southeast Asians, Filipinos in particular, can ...