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Better taste and texture have made non-dairy ice cream more popular

5:25pm May 30, 2022

Plant-based ice creams are more popular and accessible now than ever before. For people looking to try some this summer, some experts share their recommendations.

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Newly harvested strawberries on October 7, 2020.

The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries

10:19am May 30, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries sold at a number of retailers, including Trader Joe's, Kroger, Safeway, Aldi and Walmart.

Zoe Sadler used to eat only cheese and onion flavored potato chip sandwiches

6:07am May 30, 2022

After 23 years, the British woman figured it was time for a real meal so she tried hypnotherapy. It worked. Sadler says she's looking forward "to trying curry and lots of other different foods."

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Grilling for beginners

5:44pm May 29, 2022

Intimidated by grilling? In this guide, learn the basics from which type of grill to choose, to how to maintain a fire and create different temperature zones, to tips on tools and safety.

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Make your own ice cream this Memorial Day weekend

5:44pm May 29, 2022

Food stylist and cookbook author Erin Jeanne McDowell shares tips on how to make your own homemade ice cream.

Workers unload a FedEx cargo plane carrying 100,000 pounds of baby formula at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday.

More baby formula shipments arrive from overseas in an effort to ease the shortage

3:00pm May 28, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Australia is sending the equivalent of more than 27 million 8-ounce bottles of goat's milk and other baby formulas, as the U.S. government works to replenish store shelves during the shortage.

All of the affected Jif peanut butter products can be identified by their lot code numbers, which is usually found near the "best by" date.

Health & Safety

The Jif peanut butter recall is pulling a cascade of other products from store shelves

3:11pm May 26, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Many other companies use the peanut butter — the cause of a salmonella outbreak — and now they have recalls of their own. The FDA says the products made it to at least 10 other countries.

A cyclist pauses outside the site of the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. With the Tops store closed for the foreseeable future, the community around it has been left without easy access to healthy and affordable food.

The Buffalo shooting is a reminder that millions don't live near a grocery store

10:05am May 25, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Grocery stores provide healthy foods, create jobs and offer a place for community connection. "We started calling them front-line and essential workers for a reason," says one food access advocate.

National

American pickle legend Robert J. Vlasic has died at age 96

4:27pm May 24, 2022

Robert J. Vlasic died at his home earlier this month at age 96. The businessman helped grow Vlasic into America's number-one pickle by not taking himself, or the company, too seriously.

Multiple varieties of Jif peanut butter are being recalled after The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall on Friday.

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Jif peanut butter is being recalled for potential salmonella contamination

1:58pm May 23, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced the recall on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration says current epidemiologic evidence points to a Lexington, Ky., facility as the likely cause of the outbreak.