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By NPR
- Jul 20, 2018
HOW LUXURY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FIGHT FOOD WASTE
The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico,...
Restaurant
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By NPR
- Jul 20, 2018
STARBUCKS TO OPEN FIRST 'SIGNING STORE' IN THE U.S. TO SERVE DEAF CUSTOMERS
The store will be in Washington D.C., and will not only focus on hiring employees fluent in American Sign Language, but also on lighting...
American
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By NPR
- Jul 20, 2018
'CHICAGO TRIBUNE' RESTAURANT CRITIC REVEALS HIS IDENTITY AFTER 30 YEARS
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chicago Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel, who revealed his identity after 30 years of keeping it...
Restaurant, Chicago
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By NPR
- Jul 19, 2018
CARNE ASADA, HOLD THE MEAT: WHY LATINOS ARE EMBRACING VEGAN-MEXICAN CUISINE
Meat-heavy dishes are a mainstay of Mexican cooking. But spurred by health and environmental concerns, working-class Mexican-American...
Mexican, Meat, Cook, American
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By NPR
- Jul 19, 2018
MARRIOTT FOLLOWS STARBUCKS IN DROPPING PLASTIC STRAWS
The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its...
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By NPR
- Jul 18, 2018
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 14,500-YEAR-OLD BREAD
Archaeologists in Jordan's Black Desert found the burnt remains of bread, baked more than 14,000 years ago. It proves people were making...
Bread
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By NPR
- Jul 18, 2018
FRENCH BUTCHERS ASK FOR PROTECTION AFTER VEGANS BLAMED FOR VANDALISM
Butchers are an integral part of French life, and are known for carefully sourcing their meat. But now some are being targeted by extreme...
Meat, French
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By NPR
- Jul 18, 2018
HUTTERITES: THE SMALL RELIGIOUS COLONIES ENTWINED WITH MONTANA'S HAUTE CUISINE
The peace-driven Anabaptist sect, made up of families who live and work together, has built a relationship with high-end resorts, supplying...
Poultry, Bread
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By NPR
- Jul 16, 2018
YOUR ANCESTORS PROBABLY ATE INSECTS. SO WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?
An anthropologist takes a deep dive into the history of gathering, raising and eating insects, and why in America and Europe, they're...
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By NPR
- Jul 14, 2018
AFGHAN SAFFRON COMING TO U.S. STORES
NPR's Renee Montagne asks Keith Alaniz and Emily Miller about the spice company they founded with a group of veterans who served in...
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By NPR
- Jul 13, 2018
FAST-FOOD CHAINS BACK AWAY FROM LIMITS ON WHOM THEY HIRE
Seven fast-food franchises, facing potential prosecution from the state of Washington, abandoned a practice critics say hurt workers'...
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By NPR
- Jul 12, 2018
MARE'S MILK FOR HEALTH? EUROPEANS LOOK TO HORSES FOR ANCIENT REMEDY
Chekhov and Tolstoy swore by its curative powers. While mare's milk remains a niche product, its reputation as a health elixir is causing...
Horse
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By NPR
- Jul 11, 2018
WHY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WANT BANS ON PLASTIC STRAWS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE
As cities and companies - including Starbucks - move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're...
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By NPR
- Jul 10, 2018
HOW POSTCARDS SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF DISAPPEARING RICE
Indonesia had a program to provide subsidized rice to the poor. But thousands of kilos didn't make it to the recipients. (Image credit:...
Rice
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By NPR
- Jul 10, 2018
REGULATORS INVESTIGATE FAST-FOOD CHAINS' LIMITS ON WORKER RECRUITMENT
Ten states and the District of Columbia are asking fast-food chains about the use of what are known as "no poach" agreements that limit...
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By NPR
- Jul 10, 2018
POLITICS PLANTED THE SEED FOR A BUSINESS IN HERBS AND TEAS
The 2016 U.S. presidential election led two women to create a business steeped in changing how immigrants are viewed by celebrating...
Tea, Herbs
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By NPR
- Jul 10, 2018
NATIVE BEES AND ALFALFA FARMERS - A SEEDY LOVE STORY
Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of...
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By NPR
- Jul 9, 2018
STARBUCKS: GOODBYE PLASTIC STRAWS
Starbucks announced on Monday that it plans to get rid of plastic straws in its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020. Instead, the company...
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By NPR
- Jul 8, 2018
DEEPENING DROUGHT IN WESTERN U.S. COSTS RANCHERS MONEY AND HEARTACHE
Because his profits are tied to rain and snow, one Oregon rancher will have to pay thousands to haul water and grass to his cattle...
Water
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By NPR
- Jul 7, 2018
TARIFFS AND THE SOYBEAN BUSINESS
John Heisdorffer, president of the American Soybean Association, tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer he and his fellow farmers are concerned...
American
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