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Beyond the fruit-sweetened stuff: Around the world, cooks turn to yogurt for a huge variety of culinary delights. From left: cast-iron chicken marinated in a yogurt-spice blend and topped with the Middle Eastern grain freekeh; a Persian cold yogurt soup;

Beyond Fat-Free And Frozen: The Myriad Ways The World Uses Yogurt

1:51pm July 23, 2015

by Maria Godoy

Across the globe, the culinary culture of yogurt is ancient, thriving and incredibly diverse. From camel's milk yogurt to yogurt vodka, fish marinades to baked goods, yogurt is a versatile superstar.

Lee Perry-Gal measures chicken long bones at the zooarchaeology lab, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa.

The Ancient City Where People Decided To Eat Chickens

1:51pm July 23, 2015

by Dan Charles

Chicken bones unearthed in Israel may mark a turning point in human cuisine: They could be the earliest evidence of people raising chickens for food, rather than cockfighting or use in ceremonies.

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The hard part of making an egg replacement product is coming up with a substitute for the protein in egg whites.

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Eggs Go AWOL, And Bakers Scramble For High-Tech Substitutes

9:11am July 23, 2015

by Dan Charles

The national egg shortage is hitting bakers hard. Some are replacing eggs with highly engineered ingredients that promise to work just as well.

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As useful and tasty as they are, swine have not been universally adored.

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Arts

Why The Pig Is The Most Loved And Most Loathed Animal On The Plate

2:10pm July 22, 2015

by Mark Essig

As long as pigs have existed, humans have weighed desire for their meat against disgust for how the animals lived and what they ate. Today we have fresh cause for worry about how pigs are living.

For 3-D food printers, chocolate is a good material to start with, because it's fairly simple to make it liquid inside the printer cartridge and solid once it drops out.

A 3-D Food Lab And Restaurant Wants To Turn Yuck Into Yum

8:59am July 22, 2015

by Rae Ellen Bichell

A group of top chefs, food scientists and tech geeks have set up a lab in Belgium to master 3-D food printing. Their goal: to create nutritionally enhanced foods that appeal to the pickiest palates.

Christopher Day, the dining room manager at Eleven Madison Park, is also the man behind its tea program. "My goal has always been to put together a tea list with the same standard and rigor as you would with wine," he says.

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Arts

Tea Sommeliers Are The Hot New Thing In Food Pairing

2:01pm July 21, 2015

by Ina Yang

Which black tea goes best with blue cheese? It turns out there is an art to unlocking new flavors in your food by pairing it with tea. And a whole new breed of experts has risen up to spread the word.

On the day that he announced his resignation, Richard Nixon ordered cottage cheese, pineapple slices and a glass of milk.

The Sad, Stately Photo Of Nixon's Resignation Lunch

11:49am July 20, 2015

by Dan Charles

A White House photographer captured the lunch that Richard Nixon ate before announcing his resignation. It's an unusual image of a humble meal as power is slipping away.

The Smuttynose Towle Farm brewery in Hampton, N.H., has an invisible but tight envelope that keeps the interior temperature consistently cool or warm, prevents energy loss and ultimately saves money.

Survival Of The Greenest Beer? Breweries Adapt To A Changing Climate

11:35am July 20, 2015

by Andrea Shea

Breweries are grappling with more weather extremes — heat waves, snowy winters, heavy rains and drought. Many are coming up with creative ways to adjust to their changing environments.

A Lane cake is a layered sponge cake filled with a rich mixture of egg yolks, butter, sugar, raisins and whiskey and topped with boiled icing.

What Ever Happened To The Boozy Cake In 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?

8:45am July 19, 2015

by Meredith Bethune

In Harper Lee's classic first novel, Scout Finch's neighbor is known for her Lane cakes. But it's now hard to find this Southern layered sponge cake filled with raisins and whiskey anywhere.

Beef carcasses hang in the sales cooler at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colo.

National

Inside The World's Largest Food Company You've Probably Never Heard Of

12:46pm July 18, 2015

by Luke Runyon

Executives at JBS, the world's largest meat producer, know consumers want to know more about how their food is sourced. But the very nature of their business is grisly and sometimes unpalatable.

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