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The Salt
A Readable Feast: Poems To Feed 'The Hungry Ear'
November 22, 2012 According to poet Kevin Young, the best poems are like the best meals — they're made from scratch. Young has edited a new collection of poems that celebrate the pleasures of food, from "butter disappearing into whipped sweet potatoes" to oysters that taste like "starlight."
Shots - Health News
Museum Teaches Anatomy And Disease With Ghoulish Body Part Bake-Off
October 28, 2012 Get an anatomical education through cakes, cookies, and cocktails. A British museum is hosting an anatomy-themed bake sale this weekend.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
So, Would You Eat A Panda?
October 18, 2012 New research suggests that big-game hunting was part of our past for 2 million years. But according to commentator Barbara J. King, our history as meat-eaters can't explain why we find some animals delectable, like chickens and pigs, and eating others out of the question.
The Picture Show
Photographing Literature's Famous Food Scenes
September 20, 2012 What are scuppernongs? Scout's meal in To Kill a Mockingbird is just one of many re-created and captured by Dinah Fried.
The Salt
Urbanization Puts Farms In Africa's Cities At Risk
August 31, 2012 As many as 40 percent of urban families in sub-Saharan Africa farm in household or commercial gardens. A survey from the United Nations finds that these urban farms, which feed millions of people each year, are in jeopardy if they're not protected during Africa's growth spurt.
Participation Nation
Community Soup In Silver City, Nev.
August 22, 2012 Once a month Cashion Callaway makes a sit-down soup dinner for her community and teaches people about cooking and nutrition.
Planet Money
What A Very Old Menu Tells Us About The Price Of Steak
August 14, 2012 We found a 1918 menu from Delmonico's, a New York steakhouse. Here's what it taught us about the U.S. economy.
The Salt
Cooking Regional Food When You're Far From The Fava Beans
June 25, 2012 How do you cook regional food when you're 5,000 miles from home? Bring your own grano, and hope for a good farmer's market, according to one Italian chef who found himself stranded in D.C. without a few of his favorite ingredients.
Planet Money
What America Spends On Groceries
June 8, 2012 Food is much cheaper than it was 30 years ago. We're spending more of our grocery money on processed foods. And other insights.
The Two-Way
Disney To Put Limits On Food Ads In Bid To Nudge Kids To Eat Healthier
June 5, 2012 With an endorsement from first lady Michelle Obama for its effort, Walt Disney Co. said it is going to apply new standards to food ads aimed at children and their families during programming for kids. The goal: inspire healthier lifestyles.
Planet Money
Food Trucks Seek 'That Mystical Spot'
May 4, 2012 "We've gone to spots before where the falafel guys and the shish kebab guys will come up and say, 'What's your menu? Do you sell chicken? ... You can't sell chicken on this block. I'm the chicken guy on 52nd St.'"
The Salt
Stone Age Mediterranean Farmer ISO Hungry Nordic Hunter-Gatherer?
April 26, 2012 What was a farmer with Mediterranean roots doing in Sweden 5,000 years ago? Bringing farming north to the hunter-gatherers, according to new DNA research.
The Salt
Plan To Slaughter Horses For Human Consumption Is Met With Distaste
April 18, 2012 A proposal to slaughter horses in New Mexico highlights this country's unique aversion to horse meat. It's the first since the federal government lifted a ban on slaughter for horse meat.
