This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98. Just Born via AP hide caption
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Tuesday
Border officials crack down on attempts to bring eggs into the U.S.
Thursday
A rooster crows in a new day at Back Forty Farms in Nampa, Idaho. The rising price of eggs as well as shortages in some areas have created enormous demand for Back Forty's freeze dried eggs. Back Forty Farms hide caption
Mung bean omelet, anyone? Sky high egg prices crack open market for alternatives
Festival volunteer Erin Petrey pours nonalcoholic martinis during bartender Derek Brown's master class at the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came
Wednesday
ICARDA lab employee Bilal Inaty cuts a lentil plant in order to test it for various diseases at the ICARDA research station in the village of Terbol in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on Dec. 21, 2022. Dalia Khamissy for NPR hide caption
How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change
Tuesday
M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M. Twitter/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants
Saturday
A display of Starbucks coffee pods at a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania. A recent article says using coffee pods might be better for the climate, but the science is far from settled. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Hot pot is the perfect choose-your-own-adventure soup to ring in the Lunar New Year
Border officials are reporting a spike in people attempting to smuggle eggs into the U.S. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Decorations for Lunar New Year are on display at a shop in Hong Kong. Celebrations start this weekend as millions welcome the year of the rabbit. Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
These Lunar New Year dishes remind those who make them of their family and friends
Tuesday
Drivers wait in the drive-thru line at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Alhambra, California, on August 30, 2018. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
There are steps you can take to reduce food waste while prepping, shopping and cooking. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
The innovative Danish restaurant Noma, which has reclaimed the title of world's top restaurant several times, said that it will shut down and become "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors." Dresling Jens/AP hide caption