The Pop-Tarts mascot is lowered into a toaster following the 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl between the Kansas State Wildcats and the NC State Wolfpack at Camping World Stadium on Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images hide caption
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Friday
James Beard award-winning chef Alexis Nikole Nelson harvests wild food while building a community of plants and people. Alexis Nikole Nelson hide caption
Monday
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Nov. 8, in Des Moines. Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Gear Heads, Lisa McManus and Hannah Crowley are on the lookout for the best kitchen tools. Courtesy of America's Test Kitchen/America's Test Kitchen hide caption
Nothing to fear with kitchen gear: 'America's Test Kitchen' guide to tools, gadgets
Saturday
Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
"I always compare dishes from our childhood as like a warm blanket," says Polish food writer Michał Korkosz of gogl-mogl. "They remind you when you were the happiest in your life." Sophia Pappas for NPR hide caption
Saturday
This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows three recalled applesauce products: WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. FDA via AP hide caption
The Nisei Lounge in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago produces a candy cane Malört for the holidays. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
Sunday
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio checks tomato plants growing inside the International Space Station for a space botany study. Koichi Wakata/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/NASA hide caption
Houston, we have a tomato: ISS astronauts locate missing fruit (or vegetable)
Saturday
Chuck E. Cheese, the frontman for the animatronic Munch's Make Believe Band at the Chuck E. Cheese location in Northridge, Calif. This animatronic band is the last remaining one in the United States as locations remodel in favor of screens and interactive dance floors. Maggie Shannon for NPR hide caption
Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway
A young bison calf with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., on Sept. 27, 2022. American bison, or buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the 1800s. Many tribes are participating in their restoration. Audrey Jackson/AP hide caption
Thursday
CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Rose Previte's stuffed summer squash with lamb and rice, from her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption