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• Atlanta Falcons Cut The Prices For Their Stadium Food, But Is It Working Out?

  22-11-2018 22:28 via npr.org
  Sports fans have gotten used to exorbitant prices for food and drinks at stadiums. They know they're a captive market. But could the stadiums be missing out by charging too much?
  
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• Is Conan O'Brien the best 'Hot Ones' guest ever? Discuss.

  12-04-2024 21:21 via npr.org
  
  Fans of Hot Ones refer to those celebrities who make it through the sauces without complaint as Spice Lords. This week, Conan O'Brien became a Spice Legend.(Image credit: Tim Mosenfelder)
  
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• How Big Food co-opted the anti-diet movement for profit

  10-04-2024 23:25 via npr.org
  
  NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sasha Chavkin of The Examination about a new investigation that reveals how major food brands are co-opting the anti-diet movement to sell products.
  
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• Consumer Reports asks USDA to remove Lunchables from schools' lunch menus

  10-04-2024 20:56 via npr.org
  
  The group found high levels of sodium and the presence of heavy metals in meal kits it tested. A Kraft Heinz spokesperson said all of its products meet strict safety standards.(Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
  
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• No more 'just walk out' at Amazon grocery stores. The new bet is smart shopping carts

  03-04-2024 23:52 via npr.org
  
  The retailer banked big on the cashier-less tech. It's now out at Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S. But Amazon's grocery ambitions are only shapeshifting.(Image credit: Leon Neal)
  
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• Here’s why you should never leave McDonald’s without a receipt

  03-04-2024 21:53 via shareably.net
  
  Walking out of McDonald’s with a satisfying meal in your belly and your wallet not much lighter is a familiar scenario for many. Yet, most of us discard our receipts without a second thought, unaware of the potential benefits those little pieces of paper hold. A former McDonald’s employee has revealed a compelling reason to...
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• Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.

  03-04-2024 07:42 via npr.org
  
  Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. However, the CDC says a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs.(Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis)
  
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• A bird flu outbreak at the largest U.S. chicken egg producer could affect egg prices

  03-04-2024 07:42 via npr.org
  
  Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. The CDC says, however, that a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs.(Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis)
  
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• World Central Kitchen, led by a humanitarian chef, has fed crisis zones for years

  02-04-2024 19:06 via npr.org
  
  World Central Kitchen has long brought food to war zones and disaster areas around the world. The deaths of seven of its workers in Gaza come on top of the loss of six workers in Ukraine.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky)
  
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• New Jersey diners adapt to survive in state dubbed 'diner capital of the world'

  01-04-2024 11:09 via npr.org
  
  New Jersey is known as the "diner capital of the world." But as more diners close, the ones that remain need to adapt to survive.
  
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• Half a million California workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting today

  01-04-2024 11:00 via npr.org
  
  It's a big win for cooks, cashiers and other fast-food employees, among the least paid in the workforce. Restaurant owners and franchisees warn of higher prices and cuts to workers' hours.(Image credit: Mario Tama)
  
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• For the first time, U.S. dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu

  31-03-2024 19:25 via npr.org
  
  Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. The threat to the public is low, federal officials say.(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd)
  
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• A person in Texas caught bird flu after exposure to cows that were thought to be ill

  31-03-2024 19:25 via npr.org
  
  Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. Officials confirmed that one person in Texas also had bird flu.(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd)
  
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• If you notice an indent on a wine bottle, here’s the fascinating reason why it’s there

  29-03-2024 21:30 via shareably.net
  
  Have you ever found yourself curiously examining the peculiar indent at the bottom of a wine bottle? This feature, known as the punt, is steeped in history and functionality, playing a role that extends far beyond mere aesthetics. Since wine’s early days around 6,000 B.C., its storage vessels have undergone numerous transformations, yet the punt...
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• The surprising reason some wine bottles have an indent on the bottom

  29-03-2024 21:11 via shareably.net
  
  Have you ever found yourself curiously examining the peculiar indent at the bottom of a wine bottle? This feature, known as the punt, is steeped in history and functionality, playing a role that extends far beyond mere aesthetics. Since wine’s early days around 6,000 B.C., its storage vessels have undergone numerous transformations, yet the punt...
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• Pricier Easter bunnies and eggs. Half-dipped Kit Kats. What's up with chocolate?

  29-03-2024 10:01 via npr.org
  
  The price of cocoa is on a wild historic ride: It topped the all-time record before Valentine's Day and almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.(Image credit: Virginia Mayo)
  
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• Bad news, chocolate lovers: Cocoa prices have risen faster than bitcoin

  29-03-2024 10:01 via npr.org
  
  It's been a wild historic ride: The price of cocoa topped the all-time record before Valentine's Day and has almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.(Image credit: Virginia Mayo)
  
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• Cocoa prices have hit all-time highs. Chocolate producers make changes

  28-03-2024 12:05 via npr.org
  
  Producers say poor crop yields in the face of climate change in West Africa — where 70% of the cocoa supply is grown — is to blame. Chocolate makers are raising prices; others are shrinking candies.
  
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• Uninterested in basketball? What about 'Taco Madness'?

  26-03-2024 22:52 via npr.org
  
  At the same time basketball teams are vying to end up in the Final Four, so are LA taquerias, as part of the annual "Taco Madness" competition.
  
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• Canada's maple syrup reserve is at a 16-year low

  26-03-2024 11:35 via npr.org
  
  Makers say the decline is due to high demand and the effects of climate change. There are encouraging weather forecasts, and sugaring season is still underway.
  
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• Chick-fil-A reverses 2014 'no antibiotics ever' pledge

  26-03-2024 10:13 via npr.org
  
  NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Lance Price of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center about Chick-fil-A's decision to drop its "no antibiotics ever" pledge.
  
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• What one horticulturist has to say about pesticide residue on produce

  25-03-2024 10:00 via npr.org
  
  It can be confusing for shoppers to wade through the bounty of information about the differences between organic and conventional produce. An expert clears the air on some common questions.(Image credit: John Moore)
  
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• Chick-fil-A will begin using some antibiotics in its chicken again

  25-03-2024 10:00 via npr.org
  
  The fast food company said it will now use "no antibiotics important to human medicine" beginning in spring of this year. The company first said it would stop using antibiotics in 2014.(Image credit: Matt Rourke)
  
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• New podcast investigates the Oreo's little-known origins

  24-03-2024 23:57 via npr.org
  
  The Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. But it was originally a knock-off of another cookie: the Hydrox. A new podcast investigates.
  
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• Korean food gets a Michelin-starred makeover in Seoul restaurants

  24-03-2024 11:01 via npr.org
  
  South Korea's restaurants are fine-tuning traditional dishes and adding the taste of culinary success to the trophy chest of Korean cultural power.
  
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• There's already 'catastrophic' hunger in Gaza. Who decides when to call it a 'famine?'

  22-03-2024 21:20 via npr.org
  
  A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.
  
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• AP investigation finds grueling conditions in the shrimp industry in India

  22-03-2024 10:07 via npr.org
  
  NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza about her findings of abuses in India's shrimp industry, the largest exporter of this seafood to the United States.
  
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• 'Top Chef' is back with a new season and the new host won Season 10

  19-03-2024 10:15 via npr.org
  
  NPR's A Martinez talks to chef Kristen Kish about her journey from competing to hosting the long running competition. The new season begins Wednesday on Bravo.
  
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• From anxiety to cancer, the evidence against ultra-processed food piles up

  18-03-2024 10:01 via npr.org
  
  Americans consume more than half their daily calories from ultra-processed food. A new study finds consuming lots of this food is linked to a higher risk of many diseases.(Image credit: Dan Kitwood)
  
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• The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum

  16-03-2024 00:14 via npr.org
  
  When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It's an unusual system that Congress designed decades ago to help fund these two U.S. territories. In 2021 alone, these rum tax payments added up to more than $700 million.Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands split the money according to how much rum each territory produces. And the territories produce a lot of it — especially Puerto Rico
  
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