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Food & Drink

To help protect the planet and promote good health, people should eat less than 1 ounce of red meat a day and limit poultry and milk, too. That's according to a new report from some of the top names in nutrition science. People should instead consume more nuts, fruits and vegetables, legumes, and whole grains, the report says. The strict recommended limits on meat are getting pushback. (Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61)
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Health

This diet is better for the planet. But is it better for you, too?

What we eat – and how our food is produced – is becoming increasingly politicized.

6 years ago

The JBJ Soul Kitchen property in Red Bank. (Image courtesy of JBJ Soul Kitchen)
Down the Shore
Community

Bon Jovi’s restaurant to provide meals for furloughed federal workers, families

A restaurant owned by musician and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi is providing free meals to government workers and their families during the federal government shutdown.

6 years ago

Some Pennsylvanians who work for the federal government are turning to food banks for support. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Central Pa. Food Bank feeding hundreds of furloughed federal workers

Hundreds of furloughed federal workers are turning to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help make ends meet as the partial federal government shutdown drags on.

6 years ago

Ritz crackers, romaine lettuce, and beef were all recalled in 2018. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Health

FDA, USDA food safety rules have loopholes, report says. The government shutdown only makes them harder to close

A new report exposes the gaps in the current food safety system, which recently has been put under strain during the government shutdown.

6 years ago

Customers place their orders at the flagship Wawa at 6th and Chestnut Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Wawa’s migration: Why the convenience store chain is refocusing on Philly

New Wawa stores are popping up all over Philly, including its biggest ever in Old City. Why the renewed focus on the city? And how is the hoagie-eating public responding?

Air Date: January 14, 2019

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Costco Wholesale requires its food suppliers to undergo annual inspections and requires some produce suppliers to hold shipments until tests come back negative for disease-causing bacteria.
(Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Health

Don’t panic: The government shutdown isn’t making food unsafe

A lot of domestic food companies are subject to inspections carried out by a parallel food safety system — a private one that's similar, and sometimes even tougher.

6 years ago

Dock Street Brewery Vice President Marilyn Candeloro (left) and brewer Mark Russell crack a beer. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Seasonal beer distribution ailing in Philly region due to federal shutdown

The government shutdown limits the seasonal beers brewers can bring to market in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

6 years ago

In this March 1, 2018 photo, a customer leaves Dylamatos Market owned by Dianne Shenk in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. About a quarter of Shenk's customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Shutdown fight raises questions about fate of food stamps after January

 An estimated 1.8 million low-income Pennsylvanians currently receive the benefits.

6 years ago

Artist Stephanie Shih remembers making pork-filled dumplings with her family and started her art project by sculpting six of them out of porcelain. She's now made 600. (Robert Bredvad/NPR)
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Arts & Entertainment

Shih, Chau, and Shen pair food art, Asian-American heritage

Three American women of Taiwanese descent are cooking up the dishes of their youth. Except they're not using food. They're using plaster, paint and porcelain.

6 years ago

The 2019 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture was unveiled Jan. 3, 2019. Its title is
Community

Pa. Farm Show's half-ton butter sculpture embraces the 'power' of agriculture

The state's dairy industry hopes you find power in the more than 1,000-pound butter sculpture at this year's Pennsylvania Farm Show.

6 years ago

Fried bologna and eggs is one of the dishes included in The Cash And Carter Family Cookbook. (Courtesy of Sara Broun)
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Arts & Entertainment

You can eat like Johnny Cash — thanks to a cookbook from country music’s first family

Carter Cash's cookbook includes everything from his mother June's tomato, red onion and avocado salad to his father Johnny's old iron-pot chili.

6 years ago

A dozen eggs are pasteurized via radio frequency in a prototype machine. Dr. David Geveke, a researcher at the USAD ARS, and Christopher Brunkhorst, a researcher from Princeton University, are working to develop a way to pasteurize eggs via radio frequencies. The project is in its 6th year, they hope to begin introducing it to the market in the next few years. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Recipe calls for radio frequencies to pasteurize eggs

Using radio frequencies to pasteurize eggs makes them safe for use in recipes calling for raw or partially cooked eggs.

7 years ago

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An employee at Grand Traverse Pie Co. in Michigan makes cherry pies. The company has been shipping pies since 1998, when people still had to phone in their orders. (Beryl Striewski/Grand Traverse Pie Co.)
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Community

Mail-order pies: An expensive slice of nostalgia for which many will pay

Making sure that pies get to their final destinations in one piece isn't easy, and it comes with a cost.

7 years ago

Community

Feast of the Seven Fishes means brisk business for Italian Market seafood stalls

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a Christmas Eve tradition started more than a century ago by Italian-Americans.

7 years ago

For this year's grand prize winner, the judges were impressed by the intricate, working gingerbread gears of the clock inside Santa's workshop. (Kristen Hartke/NPR)
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Arts & Entertainment

Gingerbread cred: Bakers craft winning edible art down to the last detail

The National Gingerbread House Competition celebrated its 26th year at Asheville, North Carolina's Omni Grove Park Inn.

7 years ago

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