food

'Sponge Bob Square Pants' Popsicles Cost Mom A Small Fortune

6:56am May 06, 2021

Four-year-old Noah really wanted those popsicles. He used his mom's Amazon account to order $2,600 worth of popsicles. Somebody started a GoFundMe page to help her pay the non-refundable bill.

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Jason Brissett, a kitchen worker who came to the U.S. last month from Jamaica through an H-2B visa, is bracing for 80-hour workweeks this summer to make up for staffing shortages.

Hotels And Restaurants That Survived Pandemic Face New Challenge: Staffing Shortages

7:44pm May 05, 2021

by Tovia Smith

Business owners who rely on seasonal foreign workers coming to the U.S. on H-2B visas are struggling to find help they need for what's expected to be a busy summer.

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Wind-blown soil fills a ditch between a road and the fields of Gunsmoke Farms, a large organic farm northwest of Pierre, S.D., in early March.

A Giant Organic Farm Faces Criticism That It's Harming The Environment

6:45pm May 03, 2021

by Dan Charles

A huge organic farm that's backed by General Mills is facing accusations that it's doing more environmental harm than good. The project shows the difficulties of delivering on green promises.

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Eleven Madison Park Revamps Menu To Be Entirely Plant-Based

6:52am May 03, 2021

One of the world's best restaurants — Eleven Madison Park in New York — is planning a big change. It is going all plant-based. No more Kobe beef. No more poultry or fish. So why now?

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British Customers Outraged Over Photo Of Scones

6:28am May 03, 2021

The grocery store Sainsbury's showed a photo with a fruit scone smothered in cream and jam. The problem: the photo showed jam on top of the cream. Customers in Cornwall argued the jam must go first.

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Digital food magazine Epicurious has announced it will stop publishing new recipes featuring beef in an effort to promote more sustainable cooking.

Epicurious Ditches Beef In A Move It Calls 'Pro-Planet'

4:53pm April 27, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The digital food magazine announced the change on Monday, citing the carbon footprint of cattle and a desire to help home cooks become more environmentally friendly.

Students carry sack lunches at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. On Monday, USDA unveiled a new program that would feed millions of children over the summer, when many schools are closed.

USDA Moves To Feed Millions Of Children Over The Summer

4:52pm April 26, 2021

by Cory Turner

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.

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Hooked author Michael Moss says processed food companies appeal to our childhood nostalgia: "What we eat is all about memory."

Cheap, Legal And Everywhere: How Food Companies Get Us 'Hooked' On Junk

3:57pm April 26, 2021

by Dave Davies

Reporter Michael Moss says processed foods can be as alluring in some ways as cocaine or cigarettes. His new book explains how companies keep us snacking by appealing to nostalgia and brain chemistry.

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A lack of dockworkers at shipping ports and a shortage of drivers is creating a boba backlog in the U.S., according to a nationwide supplier of bubble tea products.

National

Boba Shortage Could Stretch Into Summer, Leave Businesses In A Bind

6:52pm April 24, 2021

by Alejandra Marquez Janse

What's bubble tea without boba? Americans are starting to find out. A backlog at shipping docks is stalling the arrival of the popular chewy pearls at tea shops across the country.

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Health & Safety

Pastry Shop In Hungary Has A Selection Of Vaccine-Theme Desserts

8:26am April 23, 2021

The shop sells mousse with brightly colored jelly toppings. A different topping for each vaccine available there: yellow for AstraZeneca and green for Pfizer. Each has a decorative syringe on top.

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