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National

Remembering L.A. Food Critic Jonathan Gold

5:12pm July 22, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died Saturday at age 57. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about Gold's legacy in Southern California.

National

Remembering Food Critic Jonathan Gold

8:12am July 22, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, who wrote for the Los Angeles Times, died on Saturday at 57.

The way cows digest food takes a lot of energy and generates a lot of heat. This makes them lose their appetite and produce less milk.

As Milk Production Cools In Summer, Farmers Try To Help Cows Take The Heat

8:15am July 21, 2018

by Mose Buchele

From fans and misting water to creating a whole new breed of cow, farmers and researchers are fighting rising temperatures to keep the dairy industry from losing millions of dollars to "heat stress."

National

'Chicago Tribune' Restaurant Critic Reveals His Identity After 30 Years

5:20pm July 20, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chicago Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel, who revealed his identity after 30 years of keeping it secret. He says he's already noticed restaurants treating him differently.

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Starbucks is opening it's first deaf-friendly store in the U.S., where employees will be versed in American sign language and stores will be designed to better serve deaf people.

National

Starbucks To Open First 'Signing Store' In The U.S. To Serve Deaf Customers

1:48pm July 20, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

The store will be in Washington D.C., and will not only focus on hiring employees fluent in American Sign Language, but also on lighting and design that makes it easier for the deaf to communicate.

A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

Pesto and pulled jackfruit tacos. In Southern California, working-class Mexican-American chefs are giving traditionally meaty dishes a vegan spin.

Carne Asada, Hold The Meat: Why Latinos Are Embracing Vegan-Mexican Cuisine

1:21pm July 19, 2018

by Gustavo Arellano

Meat-heavy dishes are a mainstay of Mexican cooking. But spurred by health and environmental concerns, working-class Mexican-American chefs are giving traditional dishes a plant-based makeover.

Marriott International became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

Environment

Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws

3:09pm July 18, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

Didier Tass, behind the counter of his butcher shop, says he purchases meat from small farmers who raise cows and butcher them humanely and in small quantities.

World News

French Butchers Ask For Protection After Threats From Militant Vegans

11:49am July 18, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Butchers are an integral part of French life, and are known for carefully sourcing their meat. But now some are being targeted by extreme vegans who use vandalism to draw attention to their cause.

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Science

Archaeologists Find 14,500-Year-Old Bread

5:09am July 18, 2018

Archaeologists in Jordan's Black Desert found the burnt remains of bread, baked more than 14,000 years ago. It proves people were making bread far earlier than originally known.