Food & Drink
The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles
Unlike psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, Amanita muscaria isn't listed as a controlled substance.
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The event goes through the end of December, and tickets are available on select days and time slots.
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Listen 1:02Cooking with what you have: Minimal ingredients, maximum flavor
What’s for dinner? It’s a simple question…but sometimes it’s a heavy one. A new cookbook offers relief and a roadmap for how to cook when you don’t want to cook.
Air Date: December 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 51:11Food banks in New Jersey need support. Here’s how you can help
As food prices have outpaced inflation, more people are turning to food banks in New Jersey. Some locations are experiencing greater demand than at the height of the pandemic.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:08Tyson Foods is closing 2 Philly-based meat plants, laying off more than 200 workers
The two North Philly factories are associated with Original Philly Holdings, which makes meat for cheesesteaks.
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Listen 0:48On Election Day, residents ended 120 years of barring alcohol sales with a 3-to-2 vote in favor of allowing liquor licenses in the borough.
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Listen 1:08The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found nearly one in five patient families struggle to get enough food, and wanted to address it.
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Listen 1:18SunFed cucumbers and Costco eggs recalled for potential salmonella contamination
The cucumber outbreak sickened 68 people, including 18 who were hospitalized, in 19 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
3 weeks ago
The holiday season evokes a generous spirit, but small mutual aid groups helping the hungry can get overwhelmed. Here’s how to support them instead.
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Giant Heirloom Market took a gamble on Philly’s Market East. Here’s why it failed
The grocery store with Pennsylvania roots is leaving after only three years.
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Listen 1:10What’s the best way to dispose of leftovers this Thanksgiving?
Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, there is about a 25% increase in food waste, according to the nonprofit organization the Ecology Center.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:16‘Huge demand’: Delaware food pantries see long lines for free Thanksgiving dinners
The Food Bank of Delaware has been serving thousands of Delawareans across the state ahead of Thanksgiving Day.
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Here is where you can get a free Thanksgiving meal in Philly or donate to help those in need
Local nonprofits are providing free food ahead of Thanksgiving to help curb food insecurity in Philadelphia. The moms of Eagles players join in to make the holiday memorable.
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Listen 1:19Pennsylvania mandates ‘precautionary’ testing of dairy farm milk for avian influenza
Testing samples will be taken about every two weeks from tankers that are transporting dairy farm milk to processing plants.
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Bringing Thanksgiving food on a plane? Here is what you should know
When in doubt, TSA says to consider this: "If it's a solid item, then it can go through a checkpoint."
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