While they might look like a relatively random assortment of dishes, a closer look reveals there's more to how most buffets are arranged — particularly toward the start. Frequent buffet-goers have ...

The upside to buffets is the options you have. With so much variety and freedom, you can pile that food as high as you please. The downside? Not all buffet dishes are worth the precious space on your ...

When diners belly-up to a buffet, food order matters. When healthy foods are first, eaters are less likely to desire the higher calorie dishes later in the line, says a new Cornell University ...

When we pay more for food, we think it tastes better; when we go to a cheap buffet, we think the food is gross and get depressed that we ever went at all. I mean, that does seem to gel with my ...

All-you-can-eat buffets create the perception of providing variety and quality, but cleverly manipulate customers' choices and portion sizes. Skip to main content Mobile Navigation.