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Food assistance funds for mothers and children are up for debate in Congress
Sep 6, 2023
While the White House is asking for more money for the Women, Infants, and Children program, a House bill would reduce WIC funds.
Some restaurateurs are struggling despite food service sales growth
Aug 15, 2023
While takeout, delivery and drive-thru sales are above pre-pandemic levels, on-site dining remains down.
Ruth Brancaccio's made-from-scratch pasta marinara recipe
Aug 9, 2023
She considered the ability to make sauce a basic life skill.
Why the market for expensive pasta sauce is expected to grow
Aug 8, 2023
The Campbell Soup Company is acquiring Sovos Brands, maker of Rao’s pasta sauce. It’s pricey, but with the economic future iffy, more people may decide to trade eating out for buying premium ingredients at home.
The newest viral TikTok trend? Cottage cheese
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Livi Burdette
Jul 12, 2023
Cottage cheese, the curd-filled dairy product of 1970s diet fad fame, is back and trendier than ever.
Cultivated meat seeks discerning diners
by
Matt Levin
Jun 26, 2023
The USDA has given approval to the sale of meat grown in laboratories but will consumers take to it?
James Beard Award win spotlights Native cuisine for second year in a row
Jun 6, 2023
Best Chef: Northeast winner Sherry Pocknett, a Mashpee Wampanoag tribal citizen, is part of a wave of Native chefs and restaurateurs proving there’s a market for Indigenous cuisines.
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Valentine's Day chocolate sales were strong ... but it'd be helpful if you shopped earlier
by
Sarah Leeson
Feb 17, 2023
"It's fun but it's difficult to know how much to make when everyone comes in on the same day," said Kristin Thalheimer Bingham, co-owner of Dean's Sweets in Portland, Maine.
Is it actually illegal to sell an item labeled, “Not for retail sale”?
by
Janet Nguyen
Jan 27, 2023
Aiming to keep consumers safe, the Food and Drug Administration has rules for the information placed on packaging.
At food banks, need is up, donations are down
Jan 2, 2023
Donations of both money and food are down. That's straining food banks at a time when more people are relying on them again.