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A boat operator ferries inspectors to the Tzarevich ship, which is carrying 10,000 metric tons of sunflower meal from Chornomorsk, Ukraine, to Bulgaria, on Oct. 6 in Istanbul. The ship stopped en route in the Marmara Sea in order to be checked by officials from the United Nations, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey.

Photos: A close-up look at Ukraine grain export inspections

5:01am November 05, 2022

At the heart of the Ukraine grain export deal is a complex inspection process involving Turkey and the U.N. NPR recently joined a team of inspectors aboard a ship carrying grain in the Marmara sea.

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Folgers, a throwback coffee brand in a time of nitro lattes, wants to be cool

1:28pm November 03, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Folgers is the biggest seller of ground coffee in U.S. stores, but it has confronted a painful realization: its reputation is ... not strong.

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From October to December, Pumpkins For Pigs connects community members across the country with local farms, so their leftover pumpkins can be used for animal feed.

Ready to toss out your pumpkins? Here's how to keep them out of the landfill

1:24pm November 03, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The U.S. produces billions of pumpkins each year, most of which end up in the trash when Halloween ends. From composting them to putting them out for wildlife to eat, here are some recycling ideas.

Author Julie Powell attends the premiere of "Julie & Julia" at The Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York, on July 30, 2009.

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Food writer Julie Powell, author of 'Julie & Julia,' dies at 49

11:17am November 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Powell became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, leading to a book deal and a film adaptation.

Ina Garten shares quick and easy meal ideas

5:12pm October 30, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with best-selling cookbook author Ina Garten.

Dog food is officially on the menu at a new restaurant in San Francisco

7:04am October 28, 2022

Dogue may be the first establishment catering to dogs. For $75, your pup can chow down on a multi-course "bone appetite" dinner, which includes options like steak tartare or chicken skin waffles.

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Finding and baking tombstone recipes has become a hobby for Rosie Grant

5:41am October 25, 2022

A year ago, Rosie Grant discovered a recipe for spritz cookies on a gravestone in New York. She made them and they were heavenly. She told The Washington Post that it's a way to memorialize the dead.

Sean Sherman is the co-founder of the Minneapolis restaurant, Owamni.

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The Sioux Chef uses only native ingredients, but isn't 'cooking like it's 1491'

3:29pm October 24, 2022

by Sam Briger

You won't find wheat, dairy or sugar at Sean Sherman's award-winning Minneapolis restaurant. The menu has been "decolonized," but that doesn't mean it feels antiquated.

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The newest food trend: butter boards

5:06pm October 23, 2022

The latest viral food trend on TikTok is butter boards. The idea first emerged in the cookbook Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden. He shares tips on how to make your own.

Pumpkins are pictured in a field in Germany.

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Opinion: Yes, I am basic

8:31am October 22, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon is an unabashed, unreformed, unapologetic lover of pumpkin spice. He knows his ardor is not universal. He does not care.

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