Heinz, the country's largest ketchup supplier, promised to up ketchup production by 25% to make up for the shortage. Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images hide caption
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Cookbook author Reem Kassis says that many foods that are considered Middle Eastern or Israeli actually originated as Palestinian dishes. Dan Perez/Phaidon Press hide caption
For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'
Rodney Scott checks racks of ribs as they cook on July 3, 2018 in Charleston, S.C. The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Cornwall's co-owner John Beale sets up sidewalk seating on the first day it's allowed in Boston. He and his wife Pam launched the English-style tavern nearly 40 years ago. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption
Illustration of Luxurious American Pullman Dining Car, 1877. Getty Images hide caption
The Planet Money team takes questions from listeners. Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
From left, Raphael Wright, Ederique Goudia and Jermond Booze are the team behind Taste the Diaspora. The initiative celebrates and supports Black chefs and food makers in Detroit. Valaurian Waller/V.W. Photography hide caption
Kitchen Organization Tips For A Small Space, From Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman
Meet cascatelli, a pasta shape created by Dan Pashman, host of the food podcast The Sporkful. Scott Gordon Bleicher/Dan Pashman hide caption
For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape
Not My Job: We Quiz NYT Cooking Expert Sam Sifton On Vending Machines
Chef Yia Vang's restaurant in Minneapolis is getting ready to open amid a fierce debate within the restaurant industry about the minimum wage. The restaurant will not have tipping. Lauren Cutshall hide caption
So How Should Your Favorite Restaurant Pay Its Servers? Well, It's Complicated
Dan Pashman's cascatelli pasta Scott Gordon Bleicher/Sporkful hide caption
The tipped minimum wage hasn't changed for 30 years. SDI Productions/Getty Images hide caption
Rod Bradshaw, pictured in January 2021, says he's the last Black farmer in Hodgeman County, Kan. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about debt relief coming for Black farmers. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Black Farmers Have Long Faced Discrimination. New Aid Aims To Right Past Wrongs
Keitra Bates stands outside of the original location of Marddy's in Atlanta. It's a shared kitchen where home cooks can prepare their goods, and collectively market them. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
'We Don't Have The Luxury To Fall Apart': Black Businesses Get Creative To Survive
Chef Sohla El-Waylly. Jingyu Lin/Narrative PR hide caption
From a sampling of Girl Scout Cookies, Los Angeles Times food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson says that Samoas (also known as Caramel deLites) are the superior cookie. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Scotch whisky producers are welcoming news of a breakthrough on tariffs, which came as the industry adjusted to both Brexit and then the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, an employee rolls a whisky barrel at the Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, central Scotland, last week. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions, by Michael Moss Random House hide caption
Good butter should spread easily at room temperature, right? Well, Canadians have been complaining about strangely "hard" butter for weeks. Matthew Mead/AP hide caption
Rob Martin, who has been fishing off his boat for the last 29 years, and his partner haul up a 150-pound end trap while ropeless lobster fishing in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts. Eve Zuckoff/WCAI hide caption
'Ropeless' Lobster Fishing Could Save The Whales. Could It Kill The Industry?
People wait in long lines at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. The large supermarket chain said the "unprecedented weather event in Texas has caused a severe disruption in the food supply chain." Montinique Monroe/Getty Images hide caption
Owner Donald Minerva outside Scottadito Osteria Toscana restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., which has been closed for indoor dining for two months. The restaurant is reopening at reduced capacity on Valentine's weekend. Sally Herships/NPR hide caption
New York Restaurants Hope To Avoid Heartbreak On Valentine's Weekend
A health officer in a protective suit collects a sample from a package of imported frozen food for a coronavirus rapid test at a wholesale market in China. Wu Zheng/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
