WebAPI 2: Foods ApiController which returns an IEnumerable type and behind-the-scenes depends upon the JSON.NET Camel Case Contract Resolver Formatter to format the JSON nicely for client consumption. NOTE: we still need to change this to use dependency Injection of an Entity Repository-- to make for better decopling and testing.

gistfile1.cs

using CountingKs.Data;
using CountingKs.Data.Entities;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;

namespace CountingKs.Controllers
{
    public class FoodsController : ApiController
    {
        public IEnumerable<Food> Get()
        {
            var repo = new CountingKsRepository(
              new CountingKsContext());

            var results = repo.GetAllFoods()
                .OrderBy(f => f.Description)
                .Take(25)
                .ToList();

                return results;
        }
    }
}