Willing To Play The Dating Game With Your Food? Try A Grocery Auction
Grocery auctions find eager buyers for food that is discontinued, seasonal or near its sell-by date. The food is generally still good after its sell-by date, and these auctions may be one answer to...
View ArticleBuying Food Past Its Sell-By Date Tough To Swallow For Greeks
Incomes have dropped nearly 50 percent in Greece, but food prices are at record highs. Now the Greek government is encouraging retailers to discount nonperishable food that's past its sell-by date. And...
View ArticleHave We Met Before? Doppelgangers Caught On Camera
For the past several years, Francois Brunelle has been photographing people who happen to look strikingly similar but aren't related.
View ArticleInventor Dies As 'Breathable' Nail Polish Becomes Hit With Muslim Women
Wojciech Inglot was a chemist and entrepreneur who tried to come up with a more healthful alternative to traditional nail polish. He died Feb. 23.
View ArticleSaving Grandma's Strawberry Cake From The Clutches Of Jell-O
Postwar marketing of convenience foods pushed our grandmothers to take many shortcuts in the kitchen that modern foodies might find unpalatable. Many involved Jell-O. Cookbook author Jeremy Jackson...
View ArticleFizz And Fireworks: Make A Patriotic Homemade Soda For The Fourth
Homemade sodas are hot these days: Americans bought more than 1.2 million home carbonators last year. For the Fourth of July, we asked mixologist Gina Chersevani to help us tap into the trend with a...
View ArticleDon't Let The Price Of Pine Nuts Keep You From Pesto
Hungry bugs and warmer temperatures mean pine trees aren't producing as many seeds as they once did, driving up the cost of Italian pine nuts to $120 per pound in some cases. Cookbook author Julia...
View ArticleBlockbuster Fades Out, But Some Zombie Stores Will Live On
Dish Network announced this week that it will shutter the 300 or so remaining Blockbuster stores it owns across the country. But in some places, dozens of the video stores will have an unlikely afterlife.
View ArticleBorscht Make Your Heart Beet? They're Serving 70,000 Gallons In Sochi
Organizers of the Winter Games are preparing to serve up quite a bit of the hearty, deep-red Russian soup. Which is kind of ironic, says Russian food writer Anya von Bremzen, since borscht carries with...
View ArticleBritish Diplomat Weighs In On Ukraine, Russia And Syria
Ukraine is headed toward an important moment, as a vote on an interim government has been scheduled for Thursday. William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, explains the diplomatic situation.
View ArticleScenes And Sorrows: A Portrait Of Weeping Mary
The rural Texas town was established as a "freedom colony" with land given to former slaves after the Civil War. O. Rufus Lovett photographed Weeping Mary and its residents for 11 years.
View ArticleGravy And Gallstones: Your Memorable Thanksgiving Grace Moments
Especially at Thanksgiving, saying grace is a family ritual for many Americans. We asked you to share your stories and traditions — and they ran the gamut, from heartwarming to horrifying.
View ArticleFree-Climbing Yosemite's El Capitan Takes A Team — And Time
Two rock climbers are close to finishing a hugely ambitious project on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley — free-climbing the Dawn Wall. They talked to NPR's Melissa Block from the rock face.
View ArticleMillennials Rewrite The Census For A Better Sense Of Selfie
Millennials are the largest and most diverse generation in American history. Some 18- to 34-year-olds say the act of taking a selfie for the #NPRCensus taught them more about themselves — and others.
View ArticlePick Up Your Smartphone Less Often. You Might Think Better.
Our friends at the WNYC podcast New Tech City recently challenged you to put down the smartphone to see what sort of brilliance beckoned. We check in on the results.
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