food

Music & Culture

Kelis Puts 'Milkshake' Behind Her And Moves On To 'Food'

12:34pm April 22, 2014

Singer songwriter Kelis Rogers, who's also a trained chef, goes by just Kelis. She's best known for the 2003 hit song "Milkshake." Steve Inskeep talks to the R&B artist about her new album Food.

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Books
Arts

Jackie Collins' Mob Princess Serves Up A Cookbook You Can't Refuse

1:52pm April 14, 2014

by NPR Staff

Collins' The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook is named for her plucky heroine, the daughter of a former gangster. It's got recipes for linguine and the author's eponymous cocktail — but no health food.

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School Lunch: Any Chicken In Those 'Food-Like Nubbins'?

1:26pm April 12, 2014

It took a Freedom of Information Act to get the Chicago Public Schools to disclose what's in the chicken nuggets they serve in their cafeterias. NPR's Scott Simon reveals the chemical contents.

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Live tilapia raised by Blue Ridge Aquaculture are loaded into a truck bound for New York.

The Future Of Clean, Green Fish Farming Could Be Indoor Factories

8:17am April 10, 2014

by Dan Charles

Aquaculture in the U.S. has lagged because of opposition from environmentalists and people living on the coast. But entrepreneurs say they've found a way to produce fish on land with little pollution.

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Finn Schwarz, president of the Jewish Congregation in Copenhagen, and Benyones Essabar of Danish Halal discuss the new slaughter rule on Danish TV.

Banning Traditional Animal Slaughter, Denmark Stokes Religous Ire

6:48pm April 09, 2014

by Sidsel Overgaard

The country's move to require animals to be stunned before being killed is seen by some as an affront to religious methods of slaughter. But now Jews and Muslims are working together to protest it.

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Farmworkers like these in California picking produce may soon be required by the FDA to take more precautions against spreading foodborne illness.

FDA Releases Rules To Strengthen Safety Of Food Supply

3:10pm April 07, 2014

Two years after a food safety bill became law, the FDA issues a rule to prevent foodborne illness in produce and one to require food manufacturers to have plans in place to prevent contamination.

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Health & Safety

Fast Food Calorie Labeling, Do They Really Work?

12:06am April 04, 2014

Do food labels influence the fast food you order?

"Would you want someone eating your food and drinking your drinks?"

Stop, Thief! When Colleagues Steal From The Office Fridge

9:54pm April 02, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

Colleagues steal Greek yogurt and half-eaten oranges, and bosses help themselves to their employees' frozen dinner. Yes, fridge theft is apparently rampant in offices all over the world.

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Ranch Dressing Is The Cream Of The Crop

1:04pm April 02, 2014

A new report says ranch is the salad dressing of choice in cafeterias and restaurants in the U.S. Its sales and shipments are double that of the No. 2 dressing: blue cheese.

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A tall, rubbery weed with golden flowers Dalmatian toadflax is encroaching on grasslands in 32 U.S. states.

In Ranchers Vs. Weeds, Climate Change Gives Weeds An Edge

7:28pm March 25, 2014

by Luke Runyon

Invasive weeds are already a big headache for ranchers, who spend thousands of dollars to get rid of them. New research shows that a changing climate is likely to help many of these weeds thrive.

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