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This June 7, 2021, image shows the headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pandemic has left the Girl Scouts with an unusual problem this year: millions of unsold cookies. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP hide caption
Crazy worms — an invasive species from Asia — pose a threat to forests, scientists say. The worms can thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose. Josef Görres/Plant and Soil Science Department University of Vermont hide caption
An East Texas bakery initially faced backlash over its Pride Month-themed cookies, but is now selling out of its goods and gaining fans across the country. It's also receiving donations and passing them along to local charities. Jens Kalaene/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Dave Benscoter rediscovered the Iowa Flat and other apples by finding watercolor paintings like this commissioned by the USDA. U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption
An Apple Detective Rediscovered 7 Kinds Of Apples Thought To Be Extinct
Honoring Your Heritage — And Improving Your Health — Through Food
The word "doughnut" first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1782 but by the early 1800s, "donut" became widely used. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I hide caption
"My wife and I stumbled on this place while cruising coastal Maine in 2019 and we got the biggest and tastiest lobster rolls I've ever eaten," said Karen's Hideaway patron JS O'Connor. JS O'Connor hide caption
The Year We Learned To Cook Seafood At Home, And Sent Prices Soaring
K-Pop group BTS poses with their McDonald's meal. McDonald's hide caption
The 510-foot cheesesteak made in South Philly's Italian Market spanned three blocks. Sean Duffy hide caption
This Contender For The World's Longest Cheesesteak Spans 3 City Blocks
After big-box grocery chains left the Arlington Woods neighborhood in Indianapolis, residents were traveling at least five miles to get groceries. Medical device manufacturer COOK Medical is building a plant in the community and, after listening to residents, decided to add a grocery store to its plans. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption
This Neighborhood Badly Needs A Grocery Store. A Medical Device Maker Will Build One
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This Neighborhood Badly Needs A Grocery Store. A Medical Device Maker Will Build One
A staff member wearing a mask serves customers at a restaurant in San Mateo, Calif., on May 17. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Restaurants Are Welcoming Back Diners, But Say Mask Rules Have Them Relying On Trust
Bees are seen on a honeycomb cell at the BEE Lab hives at the University of Sydney on May 18, 2021. The U.N. has designated May 20 as World Bee Day. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images hide caption
Ietef "DJ Cavem Moetavation" Vita plants seeds with daughter Libya LeaDonvita in the garden at their home outside Denver. Vita is among a growing list of Black gardening enthusiasts-turned-entrepreneurs across the country who've launched seed businesses during the pandemic-inspired gardening boom. Rachel Woolf for KHN hide caption
Shakuntala Thilsted, winner of the 2021 World Food Prize, is one of the world's leading experts on the nutritional benefits of small fish. Finn Thilsted hide caption
A French omelet, unlike its diner-style counterpart, is rolled, not folded, and include very little filling like vegetables and meats. Steve Klise/America's Test Kitchen hide caption
For Mother's Day, Roll Up A French-Style Omelet As A Way To Say 'I Love You'
President Biden arrives for a visit to Taqueria Las Gemelas restaurant in Washington as part of the opening of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, an coronavirus relief effort that opened this week. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Jason Brissett, a kitchen worker who came to the U.S. last month from Jamaica through an H-2B visa, is bracing for 80-hour workweeks this summer to make up for staffing shortages. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption
Hotels And Restaurants That Survived Pandemic Face New Challenge: Staffing Shortages
Wind-blown soil fills a ditch between a road and the fields of Gunsmoke Farms, a large organic farm northwest of Pierre, S.D., in early March. Stringer hide caption
A Giant Organic Farm Faces Criticism That It's Harming The Environment
Hometown Deli in Paulsboro, NJ Jacob Goldstein/NPR hide caption
Digital food magazine Epicurious has announced it will stop publishing new recipes featuring beef in an effort to promote more sustainable cooking. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images hide caption