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Cooking Regional Food When You're Far From The Fava Beans

Chef Mino Massi and his son Robi prep food from Puglia at the Washington, D.C. convention center. Nancy Shute/NPR hide caption

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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.

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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.

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.

Disney To Put Limits On Food Ads In Bid To Nudge Kids To Eat Healthier

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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.'"

Food Trucks Seek 'That Mystical Spot'

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How To Make It In The Food Truck Business

April 27, 2012 • On today's show, the key to succeeding in the food truck business: the perfect parking spot.

How To Make It In The Food Truck Business

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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.

Plan To Slaughter Horses For Human Consumption Is Met With Distaste

No, that's not beef — it's horse meat, at a butcher shop in France. Horse remains a popular food in many countries, but often makes Americans squeamish. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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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.

Fast Food In The U.S. Has Way More Salt Than In Other Countries

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Fast Food In The U.S. Has Way More Salt Than In Other Countries

April 16, 2012 • Fast-food items in the U.S. are much saltier than the same items in Europe, according to new research. France and the United Kingdom had the least salty food overall.

Revealing The Revolting Beauty Of Food Waste

LemonsPlace of production: Limassol, CyprusTransporting distance: 2.050 km Carbon footprint (total) per kg: 0,72 kg Water requirement (total) per kg: 448 l Klaus Pichler hide caption

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