Food

National

Border officials crack down on attempts to bring eggs into the U.S.

7:56am January 31, 2023

by Angela Kocherga

U.S. egg prices are soaring. Even though it's illegal to bring raw eggs into the U.S., many people are going to Mexico to buy them. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 27, 2023.)

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In one of the chicken coops on Back Forty Farms in Nampa, Idaho, the chickens come in for feeding time.

Economy

Mung bean omelet, anyone? Sky high egg prices crack open market for alternatives

11:25am January 26, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Eggs have roughly tripled in price in the last few years. Now a raft of competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food.

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People enjoy nonalcoholic old fashioned cocktails from a recipe by mixologist Derek Brown during the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came

5:06am January 26, 2023

by Bill Chappell

One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.

ICARDA lab employee Bilal Inaty cuts a lentil plant in order to test it for various diseases at the ICARDA research station in the village of Terbol in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on Dec. 21, 2022.

How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change

10:30am January 25, 2023

Some of the tens of thousands of seeds stored at a facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley may hold keys to helping the planet's food supply adapt to climate change. Many seeds were saved from Syria's war.

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M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M.

M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants

12:14pm January 24, 2023

The Fox News host attacked the minor brand changes as "woke" and declared that M&M's wouldn't stop until "you're totally turned off." Maya Rudolph will replace the cartoons as M&M's spokeswoman.

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A display of Starbucks coffee pods at a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania. A recent article says using coffee pods might be better for the climate, but the science is far from settled. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Environment

Yeah, actually, your plastic coffee pod may not be great for the climate

10:18am January 21, 2023

by Julia Simon

Across social media, headlines this week said that single use coffee pods may be more climate friendly than other ways of making coffee. That may not be the case, based on the science.

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Arts

Hot pot is the perfect choose-your-own-adventure soup to ring in the Lunar New Year

7:41am January 21, 2023

by Olivia Ebertz

Often eaten with big groups of friends and family, hot pot is a single cauldron of soup with boundless possibilities. Ahead of the Lunar New Year, we joined up with some hot pot aficionados in Queens.

Border officials are reporting a spike in people attempting to smuggle eggs into the U.S.

Economy

As millions around the world get ready to welcome the year of the rabbit, we spoke with chefs, cooks and bakers about what dishes they're putting on their tables and what they mean to each of them.

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Food

Border officials crack down on attempts to bring eggs into the U.S.

Mung bean omelet, anyone? Sky high egg prices crack open market for alternatives

This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came

How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change

M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants

Yeah, actually, your plastic coffee pod may not be great for the climate

Hot pot is the perfect choose-your-own-adventure soup to ring in the Lunar New Year

As prices soar, border officials are seeing a spike in egg smuggling from Mexico

When you're away from home during Lunar New Year, broaden the definition of family

These Lunar New Year dishes remind those who make them of their family and friends