food

Bad Day For Bacon: Processed Meats Cause Cancer, WHO Says

8:39pm October 26, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

The World Health Organization's decision puts bacon, hot dogs and sausages in the same category of cancer risk as tobacco smoking. And beef, pork, veal and lamb are "probably carcinogenic," WHO says.

Amazon is struggling to track down and eliminate catfishing scams on Kindle e-books and is suing people who allegedly wrote fake reviews on its site.

Books

Don't Necessarily Judge Your Next E-Book By Its Online Review

7:16pm October 26, 2015

Online scams known as catfishing and astroturfing produce fake reviews for e-books published under fake names or generate false praise for restaurants. In either case, it pays to be skeptical.

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How many hot dogs are safe to eat? We tackle your questions about an expert panel's conclusion that processed meats are carcinogenic.

Processed And Red Meat Could Cause Cancer? Your Questions Answered

6:35pm October 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

An expert panel's conclusion that hot dogs and yes, even turkey bacon are carcinogenic had many of you wanting more details. Which cancers? How much is safe to eat? We tackle your questions.

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The Pululahua Crater in Ecuador erupted about 2,500 years ago. The soils remaining in the collapsed mountain are mineral rich and good for cultivation.

Environment

Descending Into A Volcano — To Farm

1:57pm October 25, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Ecuador's Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, nestled in a crater that last erupted 2,500 years ago, is billed as the world's only inhabited, cultivated volcano.

Kobi Tzafrir serves hummus at the Humus Bar, his restaurant north of Tel Aviv, Israel. "If you eat a good hummus, you will feel love from the person who made it," he tells The Salt. "You don't want to stab him."

World News

Hummus Diplomacy: Israeli Cafe Discounts Meals Shared By Jews And Arabs

7:01pm October 23, 2015

by Daniella Cheslow

During a month of renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence, one hummus restaurant is paying Jews and Arabs to sit down together for a meal. We drop in on the cafe to witness culinary diplomacy in action.

Kids and parents often shy away from talking about their struggles at the doctor's office. But the American Academy of Pediatrics is now urging its members to screen kids for food insecurity during well-child visits.

Are You Hungry? Pediatricians Add A New Question During Checkups

3:17pm October 23, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

An estimated 7.9 million kids in the U.S. don't have enough to eat at home. A new policy urges the nation's pediatricians to screen kids for food insecurity during regular well-child visits.

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Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully, who co-authored the NOPI cookbook, out this week.

Books
Arts

In 'NOPI,' An Ottolenghi Cooking Journey From Middle East To Far East

3:01pm October 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

Yotam Ottolenghi and his head chef Ramael Scully discuss NOPI, their latest cookbook. It's named for the popular London restaurant that Ottolenghi owns and where Scully is head chef.

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Jose Martinez in the Adams County, Pa., orchard where he's working this year. He's been coming to the county for the apple harvest for the last 13 years.

National

Inside The Life Of An Apple Picker

5:55am October 23, 2015

by Dan Charles

It's apple-picking time. For some of us, that's casual recreation. For tens of thousands of people, though, it's a paycheck — and one stop in a migratory life.

A program called Farm To Work is making it easy and affordable for employees in central Texas to pick up baskets of local produce at the office.

Vegetables Take On Office Doughnuts When Farms Connect With Workers

7:54pm October 22, 2015

by Sujata Gupta

Farm To Work in Texas offers a new twist on community supported agriculture: farmers deliver boxes of produce to workplaces. Similar farm-to-office programs are taking off in other states, too.

At fine-dining places, white workers overwhelmingly fill jobs with the heftiest salaries, while Latinos, blacks and other minorities have jobs with pay closer to the poverty level, a study finds.

National

The Startling Racial Divide In Pay For Restaurant Workers

4:02pm October 22, 2015

by Alastair Bland

At fine-dining places, white workers overwhelmingly fill jobs with the heftiest salaries, while Latinos, blacks and other minorities have jobs with pay closer to the poverty level, a study finds.