food

Joe Ambrose of Favourite Ice holds one of his crystal-clear artisanal cubes.

Arts

Can Hand-Cut, Artisanal Ice Make Your Cocktail That Much Better?

4:41pm October 22, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

If you're sipping craft cocktails, your fancy $15 drink might now come with fancy ice. It's bigger, clearer and allegedly better tasting than the regular stuff made with tap water.

National

From NFL To 'Scandal,' Whole Foods Buys TV Ads To Boost Its Brand

4:34pm October 21, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

A pioneer in selling organic, sustainable groceries, Whole Foods now finds itself beset by competitors. So it's launching its first national ad blitz to sell socially conscious consumers on its story.

Arts

Sandwich Monday: The Pizza Cake

11:10am October 21, 2014

by Peter Sagal

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try the Pizza Cake, which is a fancy way of saying "a bunch of pizzas stacked on top of each other."

It's smiling at you. I guess it doesn't know what's about to happen.

Sandwich Monday: The Primanti Bros. Pitts-burger

5:35pm October 20, 2014

by Ian Chillag

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a sandwich from the famous Primanti Bros. of Pittsburgh.

Taqueria La Delicia is a lonchera, or food truck, that parks near a Lowe's Home Improvement store in New Orleans. The owner is Honduran, and so are many of the day laborers who eat there.

National

In The Big Easy, Food Vendors Create A Little Honduras

5:31pm October 20, 2014

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Thanks to a quirk of history, New Orleans has long had a Honduran population, but it exploded post-Katrina. Nearly a decade later, Hondurans have created a vibrant, if underground, culinary community.

Researchers say there's plenty the beef industry can do to use less land and water and emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions. But producers may need to charge a premium to make those changes.

Do We Need A New 'Environmental Impact' Label For Beef?

4:49pm October 20, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

Labels like "organic" and "grass-fed" don't capture the beef industry's true environmental impact, researchers say. Why not have a label that assesses water use, land use and greenhouse gas emissions?

Books
Arts

Chef Ottolenghi Makes The Case For 'Plenty More' Vegetables

12:46pm October 20, 2014

by NPR Staff

Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi talks with Rachel Martin about the difference between supermarket hummus and Middle Eastern hummus and why he doesn't like to call his cookbooks "vegetarian."

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This serving of Texas barbecue brisket, sausage and beans was a mere snack on our epic movable feast.

Bike Like A Pro Athlete, Eat Like A Pig

10:59am October 20, 2014

by John Burnett

When a friend and I rode bicycles 738 miles up the spine of Texas, we were burning up to 5,500 calories a day. So we got to eat the way a calorie-counting cubicle dweller can only dream of.

McDonald's still won't reveal the recipe for its secret sauce, but it will show you how that Big Mac patty gets made.

National

What's Really In A Big Mac? McDonald's Says It's Ready To Tell All

10:59am October 20, 2014

by Maria Godoy

Pink slime? Eyeballs? Rumors about what goes into McD's food have dogged it for years. As U.S. sales falter, the firm's new ad campaign aims to tackle those concerns by inviting consumers' questions.

Farmer Issiaka Ouedraogo lays cocoa beans out to dry on reed mats, on a farm outside the village of Fangolo, Ivory Coast.

Should You Stock Up On Chocolate Bars Because Of Ebola?

10:16am October 20, 2014

by Gregory Warner

The virus has already caused one spike in chocolate prices, because cocoa is grown in countries that border Ebola-stricken Liberia and Guinea. Prices went back down — for the moment.

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