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Cream cheese has a history wrapped in tin foil

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 26, 2017
Why is the packaging so difficult to reuse?
Cream cheese bricks come in handy when making a cheesecake, but the foil packaging is not exactly reusable.
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What Russian cheese can tell us about the trade deficit

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 10, 2017
The U.S. buys more from China, Mexico and Russia than it sells. Here's a closer look at those relationships.
Russian customers buy cheese in Saint Petersburg on August 7, 2014. 
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Eggs are so cheap, the U.S. is stepping in to buy some

by Annie Baxter
Sep 2, 2016
A 1935 program authorizes the U.S.D.A's purchase of excess commodities, like eggs.
A notice that the price of eggs will be rising soon is seen at a Giant grocery store in Clifton, Virginia. In 2015, widespread outbreaks of Avian Flu costed poultry producers almost 40 million birds, causing the price of eggs to rise sharply.      
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Americans are eating more cheese than ever

by Donna Tam
Aug 26, 2016
Then why is the government buying surplus of the dairy staple? The global market is saturated.
Lenny Zimmel puts Colby cheese curds into forms to make 40 pounds blocks of cheese at the Widmer's Cheese Cellars on June 27, 2016 in Theresa, Wisconsin. In 2015, Americans were consuming over 34 pounds of cheese per capita.
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What does Brexit have to do with cheese and whisky?

by Reema Khrais
Jun 27, 2016
Dozens of British specialty-food products could lose their special protected status
A barman lifts a bottle of Scotch whisky from a shelf in the Deoch An Dorus pub in the Partick area of Glasgow.
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Kraft recalls 6.5 million boxes of macaroni and cheese

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 18, 2015
Consumers found metal pieces in the packages of classic comfort food.
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SubTropolis? Yeah, it's pretty underground

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 25, 2015
The largest industrial park in the world is in an unlikely place.
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There's no such thing as nacho cheese

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 30, 2015
Serving it on game day? Remember this: Nacho cheese is whatever you want it to be.
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My Money Story: Frugality and cheese

by Eliza Mills
Jan 9, 2015
Listener Amelia Rosenman tells her story of inheriting frugality and eating cheese
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Final Note

Kraft takes artificial preservatives out of its singles

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 11, 2014
And your grilled cheese sandwich will never be the same
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