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• McDonald's Is Sued Over 'Systemic Sexual Harassment' Of Female Workers

  12-11-2019 20:21 via Food : NPR
  A former employee has filed a class action lawsuit against McDonald's and one Michigan franchise, alleging a "culture of sexual harassment."(Image credit: Joshua Lott/AFP via Getty Images)
  
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• 'Badass': The One Word That Has Become A Lightning Rod For Many Female Chefs

  11-11-2019 17:35 via Food : NPR
  In her new book, Charlotte Druckman asks over 100 female chefs and food writers if there are any words or phrases they wish people would stop using to describe them. One word was a bit of a surprise.(Image credit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
  
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• #MeToo Hits High-End Wine Industry

  10-11-2019 23:10 via Food : NPR
  NPR's Michel Martin talks with Bon Appetit wine editor Marissa Ross about sexual harassment in the high-end wine industry.
  
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• Going For A Beer Run? Here's How A Brew Fares As A Post-Exercise Recovery Drink

  08-11-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  More lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beers are being marketed as part of an active lifestyle, and are even being offered after long runs or sporting events. But scientists say to be wary.(Image credit: Annie Shreffler for NPR)
  
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• Going For A Beer Run? Could A Brew Be Your Post-Exercise Recovery Drink?

  08-11-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  More lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beers are being marketed as part of an active lifestyle, and are even being offered after long runs or sporting events. Here's how the science adds up.(Image credit: Annie Shreffler for NPR)
  
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• Going For A Beer Run? A Brew Could Be Your Post-Exercise Recovery Drink

  08-11-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  More lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beers are being marketed as part of an active lifestyle, and are even being offered after long runs or sporting events. Here's how the science adds up.(Image credit: Annie Shreffler for NPR)
  
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• How Wildfires Are Affecting Sonoma County's Wineries

  07-11-2019 22:30 via Food : NPR
  With the Kincaid Fire in Northern California contained, wineries in Sonoma County are reopening, hopeful that this year's vintage wasn't affected by the blaze.
  
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• University Of Alaska Anchorage Offers A Way Out Of A Jam

  07-11-2019 13:01 via Food : NPR
  Right now anyone with campus parking fines can reduce or cover the cost with good old PB & J . The donated peanut butter and jelly will go to students in need.
  
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• Climate Change Is Disrupting Centuries-Old Methods Of Winemaking In France

  05-11-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  Drier, hotter weather — as well as drastic episodes of rain, hail and cold — has affected alcohol levels, weeds and harvest. The government is trying to help, but can France adapt quickly enough?(Image credit: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images)
  
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• Even Farmers Who Don't Export Produce Are Caught Up In Tariff Wars

  05-11-2019 11:08 via Food : NPR
  Tariffs are really hurting some small growers because the big ones who've lost their overseas market are dumping fruit domestically, and the small growers aren't eligible for USDA relief.
  
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• Minnesota Has A Lot To Offer But No Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

  04-11-2019 13:02 via Food : NPR
  Jayson Gonzalez would drive 270 miles to a Krispy Kreme store in Iowa. He loaded up his cars with doughnuts, and delivered them to Twin Cities customers. Krispy Kreme told him to end his operation.
  
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• Mexican Cooking Show, 'From My Ranch To Your Kitchen,' Is YouTube Hit

  04-11-2019 11:00 via Food : NPR
  A grandma, in a rustic outdoor ranch kitchen, is tearing up the Internet in Mexico with her simple, home style cooking. Since starting in August, she's got 1.5 million subscribers.
  
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• Soup's On! And On! Thai Beef Noodle Brew Has Been Simmering For 45 Years

  03-11-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  The giant pot of dark brew brimming with beef, spices and herbs sits near the sidewalk on a busy street in Bangkok, where it is constantly stirred by a member of the third-generation-owned restaurant.(Image credit: Michael Sullivan for NPR)
  
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• The Layers Of Lasagna

  02-11-2019 12:57 via Food : NPR
  What's old is new. From ingredients to techniques, chefs are playing with that most traditional of comfort foods: lasagna. We dig in to what's between the layers from nonna to nouveau.
  
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• Controversial Pesticides Are Suspected Of Starving Fish

  02-11-2019 12:57 via Food : NPR
  New evidence from Japan's Lake Shinji suggests that the widely used family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, already controversial for harming pollinators, could pose risks to fish as well.(Image credit: Gyro Photography/amanaimagesRF/Getty Images)
  
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• Not So Sweet: Nestlé Issues Recall Over Possible Rubber In Cookie Dough

  01-11-2019 19:55 via Food : NPR
  Nestlé USA listed 26 products that may contain "food-grade rubber pieces." They include "ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough bars, tubs and tube-shaped 'chubs.' " (Image credit: Sacramento Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty I)
  
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• Not So Sweet: Nestlé Issues Recall Due To Possible Rubber In Cookie Dough

  01-11-2019 19:55 via Food : NPR
  Nestlé USA listed 26 products that may have "food-grade rubber pieces" in it.They include "ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough bars, tubs and tube-shaped 'chubs.' " (Image credit: Sacramento Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty I)
  
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• How 75,000 Abandoned Cabbages Inspired A Huge Online Forum For Farmers In Africa

  01-11-2019 14:17 via Food : NPR
  In Kenya, a tech worker-turned-farmer almost threw in the trowel. Now, he helps other farmers share tips and support.(Image credit: Noah Nasiali-Kadima)
  
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• How California's Blackouts Are Affecting The State's Dairy Farmers

  31-10-2019 21:26 via Food : NPR
  Many dairy farmers in California are struggling to adapt to frequent power outages. Farmer Cody Nicholson Stratton talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about how it has impacted his livestock and business.
  
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• 'Eat Joy': Top Authors Serve Up Recipes That Gave Them Comfort In Dark Times

  31-10-2019 12:00 via Food : NPR
  In a new book of essays, writers such as Claire Messud and Edwidge Danticat share stories of surviving dark times and the foods entwined with those memories. Think of it as a cathartic dinner party.(Image credit: Meryl Rowin)
  
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• Food Brings Families Together In 'Fry Bread'

  31-10-2019 09:59 via Food : NPR
  Native Americans made fry bread by turning government rations turned into a delicious, warm food that brings people together. Fry bread is the subject of a new children's book.
  
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• From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom

  30-10-2019 19:17 via Food : NPR
  Brussels sprouts used to be scorned. Now they're trendy. And one reason for their renaissance sits tucked away in a basement storage room in the Netherlands.(Image credit: Catie Dull/NPR)
  
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• Teal Pumpkins Make Halloween Less Tricky For Kids With Food Allergies

  29-10-2019 12:00 via Food : NPR
  In addition to handing out candy, places that display teal pumpkins also give out non-food items such as glow sticks or stickers. The movement took off quickly on social media and continues to grow.(Image credit: Courtesy of Food Allergy Research & Education)
  
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• Is A Diet That's Healthy For Us Also Better For The Planet? Most Of The Time, Yes

  28-10-2019 22:42 via Food : NPR
  A vast new analysis looked at 15 different food groups, like nuts, fish and red meat, ranking them based on how they influence health and the toll they take on the planet.(Image credit: MirageC/Getty Images)
  
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• Distilling The Success Of Craft Distilleries

  28-10-2019 16:06 via Food : NPR
  Forget craft beer. Craft liquor is having a moment.(Image credit: ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images)
  
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• MIT's Very Old Milk

  27-10-2019 13:08 via Food : NPR
  A carton of 25-year-old milk just celebrated its milestone anniversary at MIT. Nina Davis-Millis and Justin Cave discuss.
  
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• Detroit Entrepreneurs Fight Food Insecurity With Lessons Of The Past

  27-10-2019 12:00 via Food : NPR
  In 1968, a survey found that African Americans paid more money for lower-quality groceries and struggled for access to fresh food, among other inequalities. Today, those same battles persist.(Image credit: Courtesy of Valaurian Waller)
  
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• Italy Winemakers Look To Adapt To Climate Change

  26-10-2019 23:20 via Food : NPR
  Winemakers in some of Italy's most prominent regions are adapting to climate change to protect the quality of their world-famous wines.
  
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• Where There's A Wine, There's A Way

  25-10-2019 19:07 via Food : NPR
  A Florida company has found a way to sidestep the Trump administration's new, 25% tariffs on French wine. The company is importing bulk wine by the truckload tariff-free and bottling it in the U.S.(Image credit: Daniel Cole/AP)
  
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• The Future Of French Fries

  25-10-2019 11:19 via Food : NPR
  French fries are facing an existential crisis. As consumers opt for food delivery services, the shelf life of fries isn't good enough. But some are trying to engineer the fry of the future.
  
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• 'Mixtape Potluck' Is Inspired By Questlove's 'Food Salon' Dinner Parties

  24-10-2019 11:01 via Food : NPR
  NPR's David Greene talks to musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the co-founder of the iconic hip-hop band The Roots, about his cookbook Mixtape Potluck.
  
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• Diversifying Crops Is Good For The Planet. But Can It Be Good For Farmers' Wallets?

  23-10-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  Fertilizer runoff is fueling the toxic algae bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers could help, by growing crops in rotation to reduce the need for fertilizer. But it's unclear who will buy them.(Image credit: Casey Bailey)
  
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• In Male-Dominated Pizza Circles, Women Are Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Pie

  22-10-2019 13:00 via Food : NPR
  Men have long commanded the pizza-making scene, creating what one female champ calls a "macho problem." But that's starting to change as more women open pizzerias and gain recognition in the field.(Image credit: Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
  
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• A Public Radio Listener Walks Into A Bar: Your Stories About Drinking Alcohol (Rebroadcast)

  21-10-2019 17:06 via Food : NPR
  How has your relationship to alcohol changed since you had your first sip?(Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
  
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• Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause

  21-10-2019 11:00 via Food : NPR
  McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood.(Image credit: Eleanor Beardsley/NPR)
  
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• Could This Tree Be An Eco-Friendly Way To Wean Indonesian Farmers Off Palm Oil?

  19-10-2019 23:06 via Food : NPR
  Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.(Image credit: Julia Simon for NPR)
  
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• Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just 2 Bulls. That's Not Good

  17-10-2019 18:52 via Food : NPR
  The drive to make more milk has had an unsavory side effect: Cows have become more genetically similar and less fertile. Scientists are trying to recover valuable genetic variation that was lost.(Image credit: Dan Charles/NPR)
  
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• As The Climate Warms, Companies Scramble To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits

  16-10-2019 11:05 via Food : NPR
  Companies are trying to figure out the risks to their profits from a warming planet. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools of climate science.(Image credit: Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Image)
  
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• As The Climate Warms, Companies Are Scrambling To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits

  16-10-2019 11:05 via Food : NPR
  Companies are trying to figure out the risks to their profits from a warming planet. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools of climate science.(Image credit: Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Image)
  
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• Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Officer Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft

  16-10-2019 11:00 via Food : NPR
  "Restaurants and cafés are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage," says Amaryllis Fox in a new book. They're ideal places to clandestinely meet people with access to a government or terrorist group.
  
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• Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Agent Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft

  16-10-2019 11:00 via Food : NPR
  "Restaurants and cafés are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage," says Amaryllis Fox in her new book. They're ideal places to clandestinely meet people with access to a government or terror group.
  
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• Instead Of Charging Per Drink, This St. Louis Bar Is Charging By The Hour

  15-10-2019 23:50 via Food : NPR
  A new bar in St. Louis isn't charging by the drink, but by the hour. The all you can drink concept is raising concerns about excessive drinking. But two weeks in, the vibe is anything but wild.
  
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• Grown At High Altitudes, Bolivia's Wines Are Rising Stars

  15-10-2019 17:23 via Food : NPR
  There's not a ton of room to grow grapes in Bolivia; many of its vineyards are located in mile-high mountain valleys and foothills. The country's wine output may be small, but it's winning big awards.(Image credit: Insights/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
  
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• When Life Gives You Avocados, Make Guacamole?

  15-10-2019 12:26 via Food : NPR
  That's what the Pokini family of Maui did after they won a Guinness record for the world's heaviest avocado. Most avocados weighs less than half a pound. The one they grew was more than 5.6 pounds.
  
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• Idaho Farmers Worry Early Cold Could Ruin Potato Harvest

  15-10-2019 11:01 via Food : NPR
  Idaho's potato industry — which supplies more than 30% of the country's spuds — is in jeopardy. Cold weather has hit the region and not all of the potatoes have been harvested.
  
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• Tapping Into Minnesota’s Craft Beer Boom (Rebroadcast)

  14-10-2019 17:06 via Food : NPR
  You can find cake-, lavender- and dill pickle-flavored beers in the North Star State.(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
  
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• The Secret Behind A Popular Soup In Bangkok

  13-10-2019 14:00 via Food : NPR
  At one Bangkok eatery, there's a beef soup that's been simmering for 45 years. Customers from all over the world come for a taste.
  
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• Why U.S. Cities Are Banning New Fast-Food Drive-Throughs

  10-10-2019 14:20 via Food : NPR
  Most of the bans aim to curb emissions and protect pedestrians. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest they don't have that effect.(Image credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
  
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• Flamin' Hot Cheetos Spark Interest At Los Angeles Airport

  10-10-2019 12:53 via Food : NPR
  Agents grew suspicious at LAX when Emily Mei showed up for a flight with more than a dozen bags of Cheetos. One-by-one an agent inspected each of the bags. She was taking snacks to friends in Korea.
  
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• A $600,000 Bag Of Drugs Found In South Carolina

  10-10-2019 12:53 via Food : NPR
  While visiting the shores of South Carolina, one family pulled a 44-pound package wrapped in trash bags out of the ocean. When they opened it they found $600,000 worth of cocaine.
  
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