Starbucks has announced it will open its first location in Italy in this historic post office building in downtown Milan. Starbucks hide caption
Food
Tuesday
Steve Pound, MP, pictured at the Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race 2017. Pancake races are a Shrove Tuesday tradition in England dating back centuries. Oliver Dixon / Imagewise hide caption
Vegetables were rationed at supermarkets in the U.K. due to poor weather conditions in Europe. Here, lettuce, broccoli and zucchini were rationed at a Tesco store in London. Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
Tamil and Sinhalese workers pick tea on Amba Estate in the early morning. Victoria Milko for NPR hide caption
Monday
From field to bakery, a loaf of bread packs a measurable environmental punch. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption
What's The Environmental Footprint Of A Loaf Of Bread? Now We Know
For Barrow Street Theatre, pie shells are baked and filled with the chicken and vegetables, cooked in a little white truffle butter, then sprinkled with truffle zest. Joan Marcus hide caption
Sunday
Mirza Luqman Effendy of Brewphobia in South Jakarta prepares coffee for a cupping session. Yosef Riadi for NPR hide caption
Friday
From happy Neolithic-era accident to inspiration for student protests to tabletop staple, butter has had quite the ride over the past 10,000 years. A new book tells the story. Lew Rovertson/Getty Images/StockFood hide caption
Bumblebees have 100,000 times fewer neurons than humans do, but they can learn new skills quickly when there's a sweet reward at the end. Michael Durham/Minden Pictures/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Tom Hansen, a regular ice fisher in Lake of the Woods, Minn., with a pike he caught earlier in the day. Joe Henry hide caption
A typical meal in the Democratic Republic of Congo consists of greens, fufu - a starchy ball made from cassava flour - and meat, such as freshwater fish. Amy Maxmen for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
An illustration from 1875 depicts the survivors of the frigate Cospatrick, which caught fire off South Africa's Cape of Good Hope in November 1874. Of more than 470 people on board, just three ultimately survived, and they were reduced to cannibalism. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Koshary Abou Tarek, on Maarouf Street in downtown Cairo, is beloved by locals and foreigners alike. Amy E. Robertson for NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Medhu vadai, with chutneys and sambhar (a lentil-based gravy), are best served piping hot. Awanthi Vardaraj for NPR hide caption
Taylor Hutchinson says having subsidized health care costs has been critical to being able to start a farm with her partner, Jake Mendell. Kathleen Masterson/Vermont Public Radio hide caption