April Fulton http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140874239&ft=1&f=140874239 April Fulton is the blog host of The Salt, NPR's Food Blog. As an editor on NPR's Science Desk, she edits and prepares radio and web reports on food topics ranging from raw milk policy to growing African crops. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:15:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif April Fulton http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140874239&ft=1&f=140874239 How To Make A Chinese New Year-Worthy Potsticker Chinese New Year began last weekend, but traditionally, festivities last another week, so there's still time if you want to celebrate by making dumplings. We bring you a visual how-to. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:15:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/15/171743714/how-to-make-a-chinese-new-year-worthy-potsticker?ft=1&f=140874239 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/15/171743714/how-to-make-a-chinese-new-year-worthy-potsticker?ft=1&f=140874239 Chinese New Year began last weekend, but traditionally, festivities last another week, so there's still time if you want to celebrate by making dumplings. We bring you a visual how-to.

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]]> Whole Foods Founder John Mackey On Fascism And 'Conscious Capitalism' The outspoken Whole Foods founder tells us why he hates "Obamacare" and why we have trouble cutting the sugar, fat and salt out of our diets. But now he's told CBS he used a poor choice of words when referring to the health law as fascism. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:04:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/01/16/169413848/whole-foods-founder-john-mackey-on-fascism-and-conscious-capitalism?ft=1&f=140874239 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/01/16/169413848/whole-foods-founder-john-mackey-on-fascism-and-conscious-capitalism?ft=1&f=140874239 The outspoken Whole Foods founder tells us why he hates "Obamacare" and why we have trouble cutting the sugar, fat and salt out of our diets. But now he's told CBS he used a poor choice of words when referring to the health law as fascism.

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]]> Comfort And Joy: Making The 'Morning Edition' Julia Child Thanksgiving <em>America's Test Kitchen</em> host Chris Kimball and Renee Montagne cook up a Julia Child-inspired Thanksgiving feast of roast turkey and mashed potatoes. And we remember that she would say, if things go wrong in the kitchen, just keep on going. And have a glass of wine. Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:19:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/21/165471083/comfort-and-joy-making-the-morning-edition-julia-child-thanksgiving?ft=1&f=140874239 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/21/165471083/comfort-and-joy-making-the-morning-edition-julia-child-thanksgiving?ft=1&f=140874239 America's Test Kitchen host Chris Kimball and Renee Montagne cook up a Julia Child-inspired Thanksgiving feast of roast turkey and mashed potatoes. And we remember that she would say, if things go wrong in the kitchen, just keep on going. And have a glass of wine.

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]]> Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds that 40 percent of food in the U.S. today goes uneaten. But several grass-roots groups around the country are working to turn food waste into something useful. Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:24:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/08/22/159825659/theres-too-much-food-waste-but-here-are-five-things-people-are-doing-about-it?ft=1&f=140874239 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/08/22/159825659/theres-too-much-food-waste-but-here-are-five-things-people-are-doing-about-it?ft=1&f=140874239 A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds that 40 percent of food in the U.S. today goes uneaten. But several grass-roots groups around the country are working to turn food waste into something useful.

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]]> Discarded Food Cans Turn Into Canvas For British Street Artist The UK artist known as My Dog Sighs makes striking "can people" out of old food cans he finds and the cans people collect for him, then he leaves them on the street for others to find. But P.S: Don't tell anyone that he doesn't have a dog. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/17/156936860/discarded-food-cans-turn-into-canvas-for-british-street-artist?ft=1&f=140874239 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/17/156936860/discarded-food-cans-turn-into-canvas-for-british-street-artist?ft=1&f=140874239 The UK artist known as My Dog Sighs makes striking "can people" out of old food cans he finds and the cans people collect for him, then he leaves them on the street for others to find. But P.S: Don't tell anyone that he doesn't have a dog.

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