Food

When you're away from home during Lunar New Year, broaden the definition of family

5:11am January 20, 2023

Celebrating Lunar New Year means fireworks, dancing, gifts of red envelopes filled with money and food. King-Kok Cheung, a professor of Asian American studies at UCLA, shares some of her traditions.

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.

These Lunar New Year dishes remind those who make them of their family and friends

5:00am January 20, 2023

by Wynne Davis

As millions around the world get ready to welcome the year of the rabbit, we spoke with chefs, cooks and bakers about what dishes they're putting on their tables and what they mean to each of them.

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Arts

'The Popcorn Guy' gains fame on TikTok

5:17pm January 15, 2023

by Mia Estrada

At a theater in Texas, the Popcorn Guy is a new TikTok sensation working behind the counter — making popcorn of a particularly buttery variety.

Drivers wait in the drive-thru line at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Alhambra, California, on August 30, 2018.

National

In-N-Out brings 'animal style' to Tennessee with plans to expand further in the U.S.

4:57pm January 10, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The iconic burger joint is "double-doubling" down on its business and opening new restaurants in and around Nashville, its first expansion east of Texas.

How U.S. households can stop wasting the food they buy

8:15am January 10, 2023

Food waste accounts for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Chefs share tips for making the most of what's in your refrigerator.

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'Morning Edition' tests a plant-based version of Chili

5:07am January 10, 2023

Jack Bishop of the PBS show America's Test Kitchen teaches NPR's A Martinez how to make vegetarian chili — that even meat lovers can appreciate. (Story aired on Morning Edition on Dec. 1, 2022.)

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."

Famed Danish restaurant Noma will close by 2024 to make way for a test kitchen

9:11pm January 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Chef Rene Redzepi's house of Nordic gastronomy will close by the winter of 2024 and re-emerge as Noma 3.0, the Copenhagen eatery said on its webpage.

Health & Safety

Esteban Castillo's 'Chicano Bakes' is a panadería in a book

5:10pm January 07, 2023

by Tinbete Ermyas

Esteban Castillo's latest cookbook is Chicano Bakes, a celebration of his favorite traditional recipes from la panadería, or bakery.

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Bagels are displayed for sale at a Manhattan grocery store on Aug. 6, 2010, in New York City.

World News

Opinion: UNESCO, consider the bagel

9:26am January 07, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon praises the humble bagel as an American cultural icon.

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Discontinued last summer, there's a Choco Taco for sale on eBay

6:52am January 06, 2023

Choco Taco is a waffle cone folded like taco shell, stuffed with vanilla ice cream, draped in fudge and sprinkled with peanuts. It'll be shipped to you for free, if you're willing to pay $25,000.

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