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Tuesday

Korean food is "more vegetable-heavy than people realize, especially at home," says Eric Kim in his book Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. Kim's book features recipes like Grilled Trumpet Mushrooms with Ssamjang. All photos reprinted from Korean American. Copyright © 2022 Eric Kim. Photographs copyright ©2022 Jenny Huang. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House. hide caption

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All photos reprinted from Korean American. Copyright © 2022 Eric Kim. Photographs copyright ©2022 Jenny Huang. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.

How to start cooking Korean American food

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Sunday

Chef Peter — he doesn't want his full name used because he wants to keep his restaurant out of the limelight — prepares duck, which will be finished off with his special Lu sauce (with soy sauce, ginger, garlic and a special ingredient donated by his late mother). Aowen Cao/NPR hide caption

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The secrets of China's 'secret sauce'

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Saturday

A truck drives out of a Wisconsin farm on Thursday where avian flu was detected, forcing the commercial egg producer to destroy more than 2.7 million chickens. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Traditionally, pizza dough is made by allowing yeast to ferment the flour and water until air bubbles form in the dough. But scientists in Naples are developing a new approach – one that doesn't rely on yeast. EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images hide caption

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Italian scientists hacked pizza physics to make dough without yeast

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In this April 21, 2021, file photo, a delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York. The three biggest food delivery companies, DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, sued the City of New York in 2021 over its law to permanently limit the amount they can charge restaurants that use their services. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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Rapper Andrew Hean, whose family owned a donut shop in California, is pictured in a silkscreen print on a donut box by artist Phung Huynh. Self Help Graphics & Art hide caption

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Pink donut boxes are canvas for artist portraying kids of Cambodian-American refugees

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Monday

Saturday

Chef Jacob Harth's purple uni ceviche gives the urchin's plump, buttery insides a citrus taste. Jacob Harth hide caption

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Transforming the 'Roombas of the ocean' into culinary delights

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Friday

Mommom spent her whole life in New Jersey. Her father was an immigrant from Hungary and her mother was from New York. Melanie Gardiner hide caption

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Remembering 'Mommom', and her matzo ball soup recipe that 'even an idiot can make'

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Wednesday

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Chef Scotty Scott puts his own spin on chicken and waffles in a new cookbook, Fix Me A Plate. Rambo Elliot hide caption

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Chef Scotty Scott remixes the classics with new-school soul food

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Saturday

Chef José Andrés is working to feed Ukrainians as the Russian invasion has upended daily life. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Chef José Andrés and his team are feeding Ukrainians on the front lines of the war

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Wednesday

Boxes of lemons are packaged for sale at the New Covent Garden fruit and vegetable wholesale market, Nine Elms on February 4, 2017 in London, England. Jack Taylor/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday