food

A Mother And Daughter Wrote A Cookbook To Show How Food Traditions Change

1:42pm July 07, 2021

by Anjuli Sastry

New York Times food writer Priya Krishna and her mom, Ritu Krishna, co-authored the cookbook Indian-ish together in 2019. They discuss how food traditions change based on where you live.

Petition Calls For Equal Number Of Packaged Hot Dogs And Buns

6:26am July 07, 2021

Heinz Ketchup Canada has started a petition urging big bun and big hotdog to get on the same page, and sell their products in packs of 10.

Human Interest

To Pet Or To Eat, That Is The Question

8:30am July 03, 2021

by Lynn Zimmerman

With 11 acres of land around her, Jennie thought that using some of it to raise chickens to sell as meat would be a great way to supplement her income.

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New Podcast 'Delivery Wars' Looks At The Cost Of Convenience

5:11pm June 26, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Ahmed Ali Akbar, host of the podcast series "Delivery Wars," which explores the economics of food delivery apps.

Culture

A Different Type Of Vegan Food

8:32am June 26, 2021

by Matt Brady

Vegan comfort food sounds like an oxymoron. But as it turns out, it's not as far-fetched of a concept as it might appear to be.

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Sports

Olympic Runner Scores Cheesy Sponsors After Sending A Tweet

4:43pm June 25, 2021

Rebecca Mehra loves cheese, and joked to her boyfriend that she wanted a cheese company to sponsor her. He sent some tweets on her behalf, and now she's inundated with cheesy sponsorship requests.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: What Should You Look For When Shopping For Seafood?

10:03am June 25, 2021

For marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, not knowing where our seafood comes from isn't just a mystery—it's a problem. She says we should reconsider what we eat and how we take it from the sea.

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British Man Breaks M&M Stacking Record

5:57am June 23, 2021

While eating M&Ms recently, Will Cutbill tried stacking them on top of each other. He became determined to break the Guinness record. Hours later he did it by stacking five M&Ms.

Girl Scout Cookie Sales Take A Hit During Coronavirus Pandemic

7:29am June 21, 2021

Roughly 15 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies remain unsold. The organization, which says the coronavirus is to blame, plans to keep selling until all the cookies are sold.

Steamed: A Catharsis Cookbook, by Rachel Levin and Tara Duggan.

Arts

Eat Your Feelings — And Cook Them, Too, With These New Catharsis Cookbooks

5:10pm June 19, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

A lot has been said about the joy of cooking, but what about the fury? A host of new cookbooks right now aim to help cooks pound, grate and shred their feelings about the state of the world.