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Friday January 31, 2020

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The modern mocktail: 3 distinctive nonalcoholic drink recipes

January 31, 2020 • How to make three nonalcoholic cocktails that will have your guests asking for another round. Also, learn some basic tenets of what makes a delicious mixed drink (with or without alcohol).

Wednesday January 29, 2020

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The Trouble With Table 101

January 29, 2020 • We re-engineer a restaurant with a consultant so good, she can move a table a few inches, and make thousands of dollars. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Trouble With Table 101

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Tuesday January 28, 2020

Encore: How A 19th Century Chemist Took On The Food Industry With A Grisly Experiment

January 28, 2020 • Deborah Blum's book The Poison Squad tells the story of the fight for food safety rules at the turn of the 20th century. It's now been adapted into a PBS documentary series.

Encore: How A 19th Century Chemist Took On The Food Industry With A Grisly Experiment

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Sunday January 26, 2020

Photographing One Of America's Oldest Tofu Shops

Nong's Khao Man Gai, a popular Thai chicken and rice restaurant, uses Ota Tofu in their vegetarian option, Khao Man Gai Jay. Will Matsuda for NPR hide caption

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Photographing One Of America's Oldest Tofu Shops

January 26, 2020 • Ota Tofu has nourished the Japanese American community in Portland, Ore., for more than 100 years, using a production process that has changed little through the decades.

Saturday January 25, 2020

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'Franchise' Tracks The Rise And Role Of Fast Food In Black America

January 25, 2020 • History professor Marcia Chatelain's new book tracks what she calls the hidden history of the relationships between the struggle for civil rights and the expansion of the fast food industry.

'Franchise' Tracks The Rise And Role Of Fast Food In Black America

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Wednesday January 22, 2020

Ready For Meat Grown From Animal Cells? A Startup Plans A Pilot Facility

This chicken from Memphis Meats was produced with cells taken from an animal and grown into meat in a "cultivator." The process is analogous to how yeast is grown in breweries to produce beer. Allison Aubrey/NPR hide caption

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The Salt

Ready For Meat Grown From Animal Cells? A Startup Plans A Pilot Facility

January 22, 2020 • Memphis Meats, a startup company that has just raised $161 million, says it has a "clear path" to bringing cell-based meats to market. Yet the company and its competitors face challenges.

Saturday January 18, 2020

Not My Job: We Quiz Food Writer Alison Roman On Cooking The Books

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Not My Job: We Quiz Food Writer Alison Roman On Cooking The Books

January 18, 2020 • We ask the author of Nothing Fancy and Dining In three questions about financial fraud.

Not My Job: We Quiz Food Writer Alison Roman On Cooking The Books

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Meals On Wheels Serves Up Breakfast, Lunch And Community At Local Diner

The Diner, which is a project of Meals on Wheels People in Vancouver, Wash., provides community in addition to meals for seniors enrolled in the program. Tom Cook/Courtesy Meals on Wheels People hide caption

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Social Entrepreneurs: Taking On World Problems

Meals On Wheels Serves Up Breakfast, Lunch And Community At Local Diner

January 18, 2020 • Meals on Wheels usually means home delivery or lunch at a senior center. But at a new project in Vancouver, Wash., it's a retro-hip neighborhood diner where seniors can get eggs, coffee and community.

Meals On Wheels Serves Up Breakfast, Lunch And Community At Local Diner

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Sunday January 5, 2020

The Plight Of The Old-Fashioned Fisherman On A Changing Ocean

An artisanal fisherman in Mexico shows his small catch of jaiba — a species of crab. Octavio Aburto hide caption

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Goats and Soda

The Plight Of The Old-Fashioned Fisherman On A Changing Ocean

January 5, 2020 • For reasons ranging from climate change to protected zones, fisherfolk who go out in a small boat and use a rod are having a difficult time coming up with a good catch nowadays.

Tuesday December 31, 2019

A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

Barman Eddie Kim created the light and crisp "Truth and Clarity" cocktail — combining Capitoline White Vermouth, Suntory Toki Whisky, club soda and lemon vinegar — to ring in the new year. Laura Beltrán Villamizar/NPR hide caption

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A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

December 31, 2019 • Barman Eddie Kim visits All Things Considered to share a drink for ringing in 2020. He named the whisky and vermouth cocktail for the vibes he's hoping for in the new year, truth and clarity.

A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

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Monday December 30, 2019

'Fresh Air' Favorites: Anthony Bourdain

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December 30, 2019 • This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2016, Dave Davies spoke with Bourdain, the chef-turned-travel-show-host who died in 2018.

'Fresh Air' Favorites: Anthony Bourdain

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Saturday December 28, 2019

Reflections From A Jew At A Mock-Jewish Restaurant

The walls of the Golden Rose restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine, are covered with collages that tell detailed stories about the Jewish legacy of the city. Alex Schmidt hide caption

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Reflections From A Jew At A Mock-Jewish Restaurant

December 28, 2019 • On a trip to explore her Jewish-Ukrainian roots, one writer made a stop at a controversial Jewish-themed restaurant, where guests are served matzo at every meal and invited to haggle over the check.

Sunday December 22, 2019

Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of ancient family recipes written down by the women of her family over generations. Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

December 22, 2019 • Many Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition, a history often lost to their descendants. Finding recipes adhering to Jewish food customs helped one woman unearth her family's hidden past.

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Thursday December 19, 2019

How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts

A new study suggests that one service already in place in many food deserts could help make it easier to access fresh, healthy food: online grocery delivery. The finding lends support to expanding a pilot program that lets people use food stamp benefits to pay for those groceries. svetikd/Getty Images hide caption

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How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts

December 19, 2019 • Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a pilot program that lets people pay for these groceries with food stamps.

Wednesday December 18, 2019

With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

Alison Roman stresses that preparing dinner for others doesn't have to be a piece of performance art. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

December 18, 2019 • In her new cookbook, Nothing Fancy, Alison Roman is rebranding how we think of having people over for dinner. You don't have to prepare a picture perfect moment to share a good meal with friends.

With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

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