Customers dine at a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2020. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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As soda consumption has dropped in the West, companies are making an effort to woo new customers in other places. This Coke bottle ad is in Mozambique. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98. Just Born via AP hide caption
Border officials crack down on attempts to bring eggs into the U.S.
A rooster crows in a new day at Back Forty Farms in Nampa, Idaho. The rising price of eggs as well as shortages in some areas have created enormous demand for Back Forty's freeze dried eggs. Back Forty Farms hide caption
Mung bean omelet, anyone? Sky high egg prices crack open market for alternatives
Festival volunteer Erin Petrey pours nonalcoholic martinis during bartender Derek Brown's master class at the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came
ICARDA lab employee Bilal Inaty cuts a lentil plant in order to test it for various diseases at the ICARDA research station in the village of Terbol in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on Dec. 21, 2022. Dalia Khamissy for NPR hide caption
How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change
M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M. Twitter/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants
A display of Starbucks coffee pods at a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania. A recent article says using coffee pods might be better for the climate, but the science is far from settled. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Hot pot is the perfect choose-your-own-adventure soup to ring in the Lunar New Year
Border officials are reporting a spike in people attempting to smuggle eggs into the U.S. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Decorations for Lunar New Year are on display at a shop in Hong Kong. Celebrations start this weekend as millions welcome the year of the rabbit. Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
These Lunar New Year dishes remind those who make them of their family and friends
Drivers wait in the drive-thru line at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Alhambra, California, on August 30, 2018. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
There are steps you can take to reduce food waste while prepping, shopping and cooking. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The innovative Danish restaurant Noma, which has reclaimed the title of world's top restaurant several times, said that it will shut down and become "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors." Dresling Jens/AP hide caption
Bagels are displayed for sale at a Manhattan grocery store on Aug. 6, 2010, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A lunch at Onigiri Bongo includes mustard green and salmon flake onigiri, miso soup, pickles and green tea. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
People in Tokyo wait in line 3 hours for a taste of these Japanese rice balls
A Brazil fan points to "zero" on the Budweiser cup prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group G match between Brazil and Serbia at Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images hide caption
Hershey's chocolate is shown in Overland Park, Kan., on July 25, 2011. The Hershey Co. is being sued for allegedly failing to disclose the presence of heavy metals in its dark chocolate bars. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Farm laborers working with an H-2A visa harvest romaine lettuce on a machine with heavy plastic dividers that separate workers from each other on April 27, 2020, in Greenfield, Calif. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Ahmed Aslam Ali, the owner of the Shish Mahal restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, is pictured with a plate of chicken tikka masala in his restaurant, on July 29, 2009. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption