Policy experts say new SNAP changes don’t address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families.
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Meet the new WaPo food critic who won’t dine in anonymity
NPR’s Leila Fadel tags along for lunch with Elazar Sontag, the Washington Post’s new food critic.
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The journey of chop suey, from Ming Dynasty to a once-fashionable Americanized dish
Before its fall from grace, chop suey was a holiday tradition for families who don’t celebrate Christmas, even being immortalized in songs and film.
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People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can’t agree on what they are and which to target.
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Opinion: Forget the East Wing, let’s take state dinners to the fair
A ballroom at the White House could seat nearly a 1,000 guests for state dinners, but what to do while it’s being built? NPR’s Scott Simon suggests holding state dinners at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
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Love or hate chain restaurants? We want to hear your story
America loves chain restaurants. NPR reporters Alana Wise and Jaclyn Diaz explore why.
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Samin Nosrat once shunned recipes. Now she’s sharing them
The Salt Fat Acid Heat cookbook author once worried that recipes were too constraining. But she now sees them as a tool for creating community and sharing food. Nosrat’s new book is Good Things.
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What kind of dairy does a body good? Science is updating the answer
New dietary guidelines are coming soon. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised the days of skim milk and other low fat dairy products are over. Is there a case for more fat in dairy?
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Savoring summer’s last days the New England way, with a clambake
The clambake is a way New Englanders savor the last days of summer. At Allen’s Neck, a corner of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where farmland meets the coast of Buzzards Bay, a Quaker meeting has hosted an annual clambake since the 1880s. This year, the clambake carried on as a hurricane blew past offshore. Members say the […]
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Recession-era recipes flourish on TikTok
Influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms are going back to recession-era recipes for nutritious and filling food — and building new communities online.
