Food

Crust Bakeshop remembers those who are having a not-so-sweet Valentine's Day

6:58am February 14, 2023

Customers and staff of the shop in Worcester, Mass., come up with what to write on the cookies — such as "not a match" and "swipe Left." The cookies are best sellers around Valentine's Day.

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Since candy is popular on Valentine's Day, let's find out where chocolate comes from

5:09am February 14, 2023

by Susan Stamberg

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a museum in Los Angeles, is honoring the Latin American roots of chocolate. The exhibition is called: The Legacy of Cacao.

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New Mexico senator Bill Soules wants to make roasted chile the official state aroma

7:57am February 11, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with New Mexico state senator Bill Soules about his proposed bill to make roasted chile the official aroma of the Land of Enchantment.

An order of Buffalo chicken wings sits on a counter at a restaurant in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2022. Party trays of frozen chicken wings are cheaper than last year, according to the USDA. The National Chicken Council expects Americans to gobble up 1.45 billion wings this weekend.

Your Super Bowl platter may cost less this year – if you follow these menu twists

2:59pm February 10, 2023

by Scott Horsley

While supermarket inflation is still high, there are savings to be found on Super Bowl snacks. Prices for chicken wings and guacamole have fallen sharply since last year's big game.

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A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters in White Oak, Md., on July 20, 2020. The FDA announced a recall of hundreds of ready-to-eat food products.

Hundreds of ready-to-eat foods are recalled over possible listeria contamination

9:01pm February 06, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The foods are sold under dozens of different brand names, but all recalled products say Fresh Creative Cuisine on the bottom of the label. The recall affects items sold in nine East Coast states.

Eye-popping egg prices have finally started to fall. Wholesale eggs in the Midwest market dropped by 58 cents to $3.29 a dozen at the end of January, according to USDA data.

Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn't over yet

5:00am February 05, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

After months of eye-popping prices, egg lovers are finally seeing some relief. Wholesale prices in the Midwest fell by 58 cents at the end of January, but the days of a $1.50 a dozen may not return.

A teacher lines up the students for school-prepared lunches at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss. in 2019. The USDA unveiled new nutrition standards for school meals that would limit sugar and sodium.

The USDA wants to limit added sugars and sodium in school meals

2:03pm February 03, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

The new standards, if implemented, would limit added sugars and sodium and emphasize whole-grain and domestically-produced products.

Customers dine at a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2020.

Japan's conveyor belt sushi industry takes a licking from an errant customer

10:08am February 02, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

The public's reaction to reports of one customer defiling utensils at sushi eateries suggests it's a brazen assault on two things of which Japanese are very proud, their sushi and their manners.

Michigan couple recently learned a valuable lesson: child lock your apps

6:17am February 02, 2023

They say their six-year-old son ordered nearly $1,000 worth of takeout while playing with their phone. Some of the orders were stopped by the bank.

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As soda consumption has dropped in the West, companies are making an effort to woo new customers in other places. This Coke bottle ad is in Mozambique.

Junk food companies say they're trying to do good. A new book raises doubts

11:08am February 01, 2023

by Pien Huang

As the marketing of soda and fast food ramps up around the world, the companies involved forge partnerships to help the poor. The new book 'Junk Food Politics' casts a critical eye at their efforts.