food

Voluptuous Veg: Can Food Porn Seed Lust For Healthy Eating?

5:01pm March 06, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Tempting-looking spoonfuls of chocolate are plentiful online. Beautiful Brussels sprouts? Not so much. A campaign aims to boost the number of these images and whet our appetites for healthy foods.

Farmer Magoichi Shigihara checks on his cucumber farm in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima prefecture, about 31 miles west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in May 2011. Testing shows radiation in foods grown and raised in Fukushima is back to pre-accident leve

Eat Your Veggies! Even The Ones From Fukushima

11:24am March 06, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

Foods from Fukushima, Japan, are back to pre-accident levels of radiation but people still aren't eating them. One way to ease concerns: a chemical that blocks radioactive cesium from entering plants.

Spain is exporting record amounts of wine. Earlier this year, Spain's King Felipe VI (center) and Queen Letizia toasted with Freixenet president Josep Lluis Bonet during a visit to the winemaker's headquarters in Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, Spain.

World News

Spain's Wine Exports Soar 22 Percent — But Profits Fall

8:34pm March 05, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Spain's wine industry had a record year in 2014, posting numbers that could propel it past Italy as the world's biggest wine exporter. But most of the wine was sold cheaply, in bulk.

When foraging for delicious bites of snow, steer clear of plowed piles and manure, researchers say.

Snow Is Delicious. But Is It Dangerous To Eat?

3:45pm March 05, 2015

by Anne Bramley

Some winter lovers see snow as a local and seasonal specialty that goes well with cream and sugar. But is it more like an adventure in extreme eating? As with many wild foods, it's a bit of both.

Science
Arts

We're Not Taking Enough Lunch Breaks. Why That's Bad For Business

2:17pm March 05, 2015

by Here & Now

Research shows that only 1 in 5 five people takes a break and leaves his desk to eat. Most workers are simply eating at their desks. But creativity can take a big hit without a change of scenery.

In 2013, Americans on average spent 5.6 percent of their disposable personal incomes on food they consumed at home.

Economy

Your Grandparents Spent More Of Their Money On Food Than You Do

2:11pm March 05, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

Shelling out dough at the grocery store can often feel painful. But Americans on average actually spend far less on food relative to their income than they did 50 years ago.

U.S. Government Teams Up With Private Sector To Stave Off Cocoa Crisis

10:11am March 05, 2015

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Chocolate is increasingly popular and under assault from diseases that infect cocoa plants. Scientists are working to find varieties that will resist diseases and keep the world's sweet tooth happy.

Queue Listen Now

The World Health Organization recommends cutting sugar intake.

Dump The Lumps: The World Health Organization Says Eat Less Sugar

6:14pm March 04, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

WHO says there's strong evidence that excessive sugar is bad for us. So it's recommending that we cut back significantly.

An order of McDonald's Chicken McNuggets in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. McDonald's says it plans to start using chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine.

Health & Safety

McDonald's Says It Won't Be Serving Chicken Raised On Antibiotics

5:20pm March 04, 2015

by Allison Aubrey and Eliza Barclay

Over the next two years, McDonald's will transition its U.S. restaurants to a new antibiotics policy. Several of the chain's competitors have also committed to curb antibiotics in their supply chain.

Arts

Sandwich Monday: The Funnel Cake Corn Dog

4:40pm March 04, 2015

by Ian Chillag

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a new twist on a classic. It's a corn dog that uses funnel cake in place of corn meal to encase a hot dog.