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    A flock of Texel-Dorset sheep gather near a hay trough in a Hudson River Valley barn in Medusa, N.Y. Millennials and more experimental diners might be open to eating mutton.
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    After WWII, Mutton Fell Out Of Favor In The U.S. Can It Make A Comeback?

    Nov 26, 2019
    Once the stuff of high-end cuisine, mutton consumption tanked thanks to competition from the cattle industry and GIs fed up with rations. Fans say it's time to re-embrace this underappreciated meat.
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    Fernando, Paulina and Bricia Lopez run Guelaguetza, the family's restaurant. The cuisine reflects traditions that are rooted in Oaxaca's many indigenous cultures, which the family honors at Thanksgiving.
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    Family Shares Their Oaxacan Tradition Of Giving Thanks In New Cookbook

    Nov 24, 2019
    Thanksgiving might be the most Oaxacan holiday in the U.S.; Guelaguetza, the name of the Lopez family's award-winning Los Angeles restaurant, is a Zapotec word meaning "to give and receive."
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    Ryan Childress (left), Dominion Energy's director of gas business development, and Kraig Westerbeek, an executive at pork producer Smithfield Foods, stand on a plastic-covered manure pond in North Carolina.
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    Big Companies Bet On Cleaner Power From Pig Poop Ponds

    Nov 22, 2019
    Two large companies plan to capture natural gas from manure-filled ponds, turning it into clean, climate-saving energy. But some neighbors just want the ponds gone.
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    Rose McAdoo makes cakes based on research performed by her colleagues at Antarctica's McMurdo Station research base.
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    Antarctic Research Takes The Cake In These Science-Inspired Confections

    Nov 22, 2019
    A former sous chef at Antarctica's McMurdo Station is making cakes inspired by her colleagues' research projects. She says cake can be a gateway to conversations people might otherwise shy away from.
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    A "Sonoma Sustainable" sign hangs along a road in the Russian River Valley near Healdsburg, Calif.
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    Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists

    Nov 18, 2019
    In California, fines are being levied against winemakers who violate environmental laws, but activists say they are a drop in the bucket compared to the damage.
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    The Yale Babylonian Collection houses four unique tablets that contain various recipes for stews, soups and pies. Three of these tablets date back to the Old Babylonian period, no later than 1730 B.C.
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    Eat Like The Ancient Babylonians: Researchers Cook Up Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Recipes

    Nov 16, 2019
    Written on four tablets, three of which date back no later than 1730 B.C., the recipes are considered to be the oldest known. And they taste pretty good, says a scholar who re-created them.
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    Justin Ruben of ParentsTogether speaks on Thursday at a press conference organized to deliver 1.5 million petitions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The petitions are protesting proposed changes to the food stamps program that would also affect the
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    Activists Protest USDA Changes That Threaten Free School Lunch

    Nov 14, 2019
    Activists delivered a petition with 1.5 million signatures to the agency in an effort to stop a rule change that would end automatic enrollment in free school lunch for nearly 1 million kids.
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    Suriya Paprajong moved to Greenland in the winter of 2001. Some 18 years later, he has built up a life, including opening his own restaurant.
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    A Tiny Thai Restaurant In Remote Greenland Serves Up Spice (And Whale Skin Soup)

    Nov 13, 2019
    When Suriya Paprajong arrived in Greenland in 2001, he didn't even have a coat. These days, his eatery in Qaqortoq, population 3,000, is a local favorite, melding Thai flavors with an Arctic twist.
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    Chef Angie Mar, who has received rave reviews for her New York chophouse Beatrice Inn, has been called a "badass" by the press. While some women have no problem with the word and use it in an entirely complimentary context, many others dislike its bro-cu
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    'Badass': The One Word That Has Become A Lightning Rod For Many Female Chefs

    Nov 11, 2019
    In her new book, Charlotte Druckman asks over 100 female chefs and food writers if there are any words or phrases they wish people would stop using to describe them. One word was a bit of a surprise.
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    Going For A Beer Run? Here's How A Brew Fares As A Post-Exercise Recovery Drink

    Nov 08, 2019
    More lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beers are being marketed as part of an active lifestyle, and are even being offered after long runs or sporting events. But scientists say to be wary.
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    A vineyard worker drives a grape harvester tractor in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France, where climate change is raising new challenges for winemakers.
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    Climate Change Is Disrupting Centuries-Old Methods Of Winemaking In France

    Nov 05, 2019
    Drier, hotter weather — as well as drastic episodes of rain, hail and cold — has affected alcohol levels, weeds and harvest. The government is trying to help, but can France adapt quickly enough?
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    Nattapong Kaweeantawong, a third-generation owner of Wattana Panich, stirs the soup while his mother (left) helps serve and his wife (center) does other jobs at the restaurant. Nattapong or another family member must constantly stir the thick brew.
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    Soup's On! And On! Thai Beef Noodle Brew Has Been Simmering For 45 Years

    Nov 03, 2019
    The giant pot of dark brew brimming with beef, spices and herbs sits near the sidewalk on a busy street in Bangkok, where it is constantly stirred by a member of the third-generation-owned restaurant.
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    Lake Shinji, near Japan's coast, is known for its beauty. Until about a decade ago, the lake was also home to thriving fisheries. New research suggests runoff of the controversial pesticides known as neonicotinoids, used on nearby rice paddies, may be re
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    Controversial Pesticides Are Suspected Of Starving Fish

    Nov 02, 2019
    New evidence from Japan's Lake Shinji suggests that the widely used family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, already controversial for harming pollinators, could pose risks to fish as well.
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    In a new book of essays, literary luminaries share stories of surviving dark times and the foods tied to those memories. Think of it as a cathartic dinner party.
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    'Eat Joy': Top Authors Serve Up Recipes That Gave Them Comfort In Dark Times

    Oct 31, 2019
    In a new book of essays, writers such as Claire Messud and Edwidge Danticat share stories of surviving dark times and the foods entwined with those memories. Think of it as a cathartic dinner party.
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    Shannan Troncoso, co-owner of Brookland's Finest Bar & Kitchen in Washington, D.C., has turned her customers into fans of Brussels sprouts.
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    From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom

    Oct 30, 2019
    Brussels sprouts used to be scorned. Now they're trendy. And one reason for their renaissance sits tucked away in a basement storage room in the Netherlands.
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    A young girl paints a pumpkin teal to signify that a place is safe for children with food allergies to go trick-or-treating.
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    Teal Pumpkins Make Halloween Less Tricky For Kids With Food Allergies

    Oct 29, 2019
    In addition to handing out candy, places that display teal pumpkins also give out non-food items such as glow sticks or stickers. The movement took off quickly on social media and continues to grow.
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    Is A Diet That's Healthy For Us Also Better For The Planet? Most Of The Time, Yes

    Oct 28, 2019
    A vast new analysis looked at 15 different food groups, like nuts, fish and red meat, ranking them based on how they influence health and the toll they take on the planet.
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    Fresh Corner Café sells loose fruits and fresh pre-packaged items like salads, sandwich wraps and fruit cups to corner stores, grocery stores and gas stations.
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    Detroit Entrepreneurs Fight Food Insecurity With Lessons Of The Past

    Oct 27, 2019
    In 1968, a survey found that African Americans paid more money for lower-quality groceries and struggled for access to fresh food, among other inequalities. Today, those same battles persist.
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    A mix of barley, peas and flax grows in a field at Casey Bailey's farm near Fort Benton, Mont. Bailey sells this crop to Montana dairy farmer Nate Brown, who has been feeding it to his goats.
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    Diversifying Crops Is Good For The Planet. But Can It Be Good For Farmers' Wallets?

    Oct 23, 2019
    Fertilizer runoff is fueling the toxic algae bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers could help by growing crops in rotation to reduce the need for fertilizer. But it's unclear who will buy them.
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    Ann Kim, owner of Hello Pizza in Edina, Minn., holds a Sicilian pan pie and a Hello Rita pizza. "Women can make progress in pizza that is harder in the macho restaurant world," Kim says.
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    In Male-Dominated Pizza Circles, Women Are Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Pie

    Oct 22, 2019
    Men have long commanded the pizza-making scene, creating what one female champ calls a "macho problem." But that's starting to change as more women open pizzerias and gain recognition in the field.
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    Kamel Guemari is a manager of a McDonald's in a neighborhood in Marseille, France, that's known for crime and drug gangs. He has been leading an employee charge to save the restaurant, which has become a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immig
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    Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause

    Oct 21, 2019
    McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood.
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    In the forests near the southern Sumatran village of Krui, 48-year-old Marhana climbs up the trees to harvest damar, a resin used in paints and varnishes. These damar trees are part of something called an "agroforest," which experts see as a way to preve
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    Could This Tree Be An Eco-Friendly Way To Wean Indonesian Farmers Off Palm Oil?

    Oct 19, 2019
    Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.
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    Unlike most dairy cows in America, which are descended from just two bulls, this cow at Pennsylvania State University has a different ancestor: She is the daughter of a bull that lived decades ago, called University of Minnesota Cuthbert. The bull's froz
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    Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just 2 Bulls. That's Not Good

    Oct 17, 2019
    The drive to make more milk has had an unsavory side effect: Cows have become more genetically similar and less fertile. Scientists are trying to recover valuable genetic variation that was lost.
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    Actor Roger Moore, who played secret agent James Bond in the '70s and '80s, holds a martini. A new book written by a former CIA agent details how restaurants and cafes "are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage."
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    Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Agent Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft

    Oct 16, 2019
    "Restaurants and cafés are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage," says Amaryllis Fox in a new book. They're ideal places to clandestinely meet people with access to a government or terrorist group.
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    A vineyard in Tarija, Bolivia, the center of the country's wine industry. A growing number of wineries here are improving their techniques, ramping up production and starting to export, as global interest in Bolivia's award-winning wines grows.
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    Grown At High Altitudes, Bolivia's Wines Are Rising Stars

    Oct 15, 2019
    There's not a ton of room to grow grapes in Bolivia; many of its vineyards are located in mile-high mountain valleys and foothills. The country's wine output may be small, but it's winning big awards.

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