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Kinder Eggs are one of the products being recalled across Europe and in Canada after salmonella outbreaks were traced back to a company plant in Belgium.

Health & Safety

Kinder Eggs and other chocolates are recalled due to a salmonella outbreak in Europe

3:31pm April 07, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The Kinder products are being recalled across Europe and Canada. It was not immediately clear whether the recall involved products sold in the United States.

The price of eggs has risen sharply since the start of a bird flu outbreak that has resulted in millions of birds being culled.

National

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in 7 years

5:00am April 06, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Nearly 23 million birds have died as a highly pathogenic bird flu virus tears its way through farms and chicken yards. It has spread to at least 24 states in less than two months.

Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child pours a bottle of wine in episode 2 of the new HBO Max series, "Julia."

Sarah Lancashire becomes master — and teacher — of French cooking as Julia Child

5:00am April 04, 2022

Actress Sarah Lancashire transforms into the iconic Julia Child, the chef who popularized French cooking in America.

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A truck drives out of a Wisconsin farm on Thursday where avian flu was detected, forcing the commercial egg producer to destroy more than 2.7 million chickens.

Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

1:49pm March 26, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in 17 states since the start of the year. Whether the outbreak will affect the price of eggs and poultry depends on how widespread it becomes, an expert says.

911 is for emergencies not to complain about a chicken order

6:10am March 25, 2022

A woman in Euclid, Ohio, told a 911 dispatcher that she had paid for eight pieces of chicken at a fast food drive-up window, but she only got four pieces. That call doesn't qualify as an emergency.

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Detroit wins a survey for best pizza city in America

6:20am March 23, 2022

The website anytimeestimate.com determined that Detroit has more independent pizzerias per capita than in 49 other contenders to the pizza throne.

Traditionally, pizza dough is made by allowing yeast to ferment the flour and water until air bubbles form in the dough. But scientists in Naples are developing a new approach – one that doesn't rely on yeast.

Italian scientists hacked pizza physics to make dough without yeast

7:45pm March 22, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Bread geeks, take note! The new technique, developed in a lab in Naples, involves the smart application of materials science and physics to make airy, bubbly dough without fermentation.

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Science

Using a process similar to how soda is made, scientists have created yeast-free pizza

4:21pm March 22, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Scientists have been working to develop an airy pizza dough without yeast. Researchers in Naples, Italy say they have achieved it using a process like the one used to produce carbonation in soda.

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In this April 21, 2021, file photo, a delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York. The three biggest food delivery companies, DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, sued the City of New York in 2021 over its law to permanently limit the amount t

National

D.C. sues Grubhub for allegedly using deceptive trade practices

10:09am March 22, 2022

by Ayana Archie

One of the accusations says prices for local restaurants on the app and website are typically higher than in-store prices, despite Grubhub saying they are the same.

How to make poached eggs that are not yucky

5:05am March 22, 2022

Jack Bishop of the PBS show America's Test Kitchen shows NPR's Rachel Martin how to make poached eggs for people who don't like runny eggs.