food

Charleston Soul Food Icon Martha Lou Gadsden Dies At Age 91

12:42am April 07, 2021

Charleston restaurateur Martha Lou Gadsden passed away on April 1. She was renowned for her brand of Southern soul food, served out of a renovated gas station with every meal made to order.

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Spruce Up Your Easter Sunday Dessert With These Unique Sundae Toppings

5:00am April 02, 2021

Jack Bishop of America's Test Kitchen offers some unconventional ice cream toppings for your Easter table.

A mobile ordering sign is seen on March 30 at a vending station in Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals. The Nats, along with many other teams in baseball, are implementing new safety protocols, including for ordering food, as a new season kic

Baseball Is Back, So Grab Your Hot Dog And A Beer. Just Keep A Safe Distance

1:54pm April 01, 2021

by H.J. Mai

It's Opening Day in baseball, and that means you'll still be able to eat unhealthy food while watching the game. But ordering that hot dog or beer will be different this year.

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Rodney Scott checks racks of ribs as they cook on July 3, 2018 in Charleston, S.C.

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How Rodney Scott Learned To Cook – And Went For It, Whole Hog

6:32pm March 29, 2021

Pitmaster Rodney Scott describes his lifelong journey as a chef and his hope for the future. "I want to take over the world with barbecue," the James Beard Award winner tells NPR.

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French Monastery Turns To The Web To Alleviate Cheese Surplus

6:52am March 29, 2021

The Cîteaux Abbey sells its raw-milk soft cheeses to restaurants and visitors, but the pandemic left the monks with about 3 tons to sell. They are working with an Internet startup to get it sold.

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Books

Rodney Scott Wants To Take Over The World With Barbecue

5:55am March 29, 2021

Pitmaster Rodney Scott talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his lifelong journey as a chef, and his debut cookbook: Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook.

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Shake Things Up This Holiday Season With Historic Recipes

6:07pm March 27, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin discusses 100-year-old wartime recipes with Lora Vogt of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

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A Seattle Bakery One Year After Coronavirus Hit

4:43pm March 26, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Olga Sagan, owner of Piroshky Piroshky bakery in Seattle, one year after the coronavirus pandemic hit her business hard.

From left, Raphael Wright, Ederique Goudia and Jermond Booze, the team behind Taste the Diaspora, pictured with shoebox lunches in February.

National

How Detroit Chefs Are Feeding Those In Need

4:11pm March 23, 2021

Food insecurity was already high in Detroit before the pandemic; now it's increased. Ederique Goudia and Raphael Wright are among those trying to help.

Meet cascatelli, a pasta shape created by Dan Pashman, host of the food podcast The Sporkful.

For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

5:04am March 22, 2021

Dan Pashman, host of the podcast The Sporkful, had a quest: develop and market a brand-new shape of pasta. The result is cascatelli, a short, flat, ruffled pasta three years in the making.