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Saturday
Jasmine Cho's cookie portrait of Afong Moy, who is often cited as the first Chinese woman to step foot in the United States. Beginning in the 1830s, Moy was put on display before crowds as a curiosity. Jasmine Cho hide caption
Thursday
Duped In The Deli Aisle? 'No Nitrates Added' Labels Are Often Misleading
Wednesday
Chef Pete Smithing holds the Blooper Burger, which includes pretty much all the concession stand foods you can think of, at SunTrust Park in Georgia. For dessert: caramel popcorn colored with the Atlanta Braves' red and blue. Summer Evans/WABE hide caption
Behold: The Blooper Burger. Your Arteries Will Clog Just Thinking About It
Tuesday
KFC will test a new plant-based meatless chicken on Tuesday in Smyrna, a suburb of Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Monday
As the gig economy grows, more people are seeking temporary work spaces, and restaurants and coffee shops are seeking to cater to this need, using tech apps to help them. Granger Wootz/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption
Wednesday
A group representing importers said it was gratified that the Trump administration is lifting the tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. But it cautioned that beefed-up inspections could act as another barrier to free trade. Anna-Rose Gassot/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
This toad-shaped sandwich bar called the Toed In, near Los Angeles in 1939, allowed you to grab a bite to eat while your car got serviced. There's a lot of wordplay going on here: the toad-shaped building, the "towing in" of the car, and the stepping or "toeing" in for a snack. Good job, punsters! Ullstein Bild/Ullstein Bild via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
An allergy warning notice is displayed next to food in a branch of Pret A Manger in central London. Pret A Manger is working to have full ingredient labeling in all its British shops by the end of 2019. Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Men walk between the sargassum toward a boat in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in May. Victor Ruiz/AP hide caption
Friday
A Colombian worker checks the plastic protection cover over a banana bunch on a plantation in Aracataca, Colombia. A dreaded fungus that has destroyed banana plantations in Asia has now spread to Latin America. Jan Sochor/LatinContent via Getty Images hide caption
Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit's Future
Thursday
Pigs are seen in a hog pen in Linquan county in central China's Anhui province in July. The number of pigs in China is falling rapidly due to an epidemic of African Swine Fever. Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Cows graze on a grass field at a farm in Schaghticoke, N.Y. The grass-fed movement is based on the idea of regenerative agriculture. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
A trailer loaded with chickens passes a federal agent outside a Koch Foods plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Thursday
Large swaths of forest have been cut down in Brazil in recent decades to make room for farming. Deforestation contributes to global warming, and reversing it will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change. Andre Penner/AP hide caption