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Vanilla chocolate spiral cookies on a cooling rack

Get cozy with winter treats

A winter holiday special with chestnuts roasting, cookies baking and coffee outside. Read More »

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A professor with a passion for popcorn

Fred Bennett and Virginia Githiri stand behind a stainless steel table in a commercial kitchen with a popcorn machine to the left. Both are wearing shirts with Popkorn logos and both are looking at the camera.

A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business.

Sociologist Diana Mincyte has been studying dairy farming in Lithuania and other post socialist Eastern European states. She says that what happens there can foretell what we will see in other parts of the world.

Persimmons, orange and messy in a white enamel bowl and a plastic colander on a wooden table

Enjoy recipes and stories on persimmon and pawpaw plus a visit with a chef exploring Indigenous cuisines.

Tiffany-White LaGue and Kristina LaGue smiling at the camera, holding two toddlers with Christmas decor behind them

Learn about three unexpected holiday dishes that mean the world to the families who make them.

honeybees gathered on a wood surface in sunlight with shadows

Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

baked pastry with sesame seeds and poppy seeds on top, opened up on a plate with a cheese filling inside

Listen this week to stories of nighttime communal baking and the family lore behind a teapot.

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It tastes like chicken, but 'cultivated' meat sees growing opposition from U.S. lawmakers

hands holding a white plate with synthetic chicken slices atop

Cultivated meat — meat grown from animal cells — is touted as a way to meet growing global demand with far fewer climate impacts. Yet two states banned the sale of cultivated meat earlier this year, and there are proposals in several Midwestern states to do the same.

A salad comprised of sliced cucumbers, carrots, and shrimp on a white plate

It’s nearing Labor Day — the unofficial end of summer — which means cucumber season is coming to a close. And, if you’re trying to get a few more summer salads in before then, you’re not alone.

Jose Andres holding white plastic bags full of food

The aid group World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that it is pausing its efforts to feed Palestinians in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed by an Israeli strike.