food

Flamin' Hot Cheetos Spark Interest At Los Angeles Airport

7:00am October 10, 2019

Agents grew suspicious at LAX when Emily Mei showed up for a flight with more than a dozen bags of Cheetos. One-by-one an agent inspected each of the bags. She was taking snacks to friends in Korea.

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Depression symptoms dropped significantly in a group of young adults who ate a Mediterranean-style diet for three weeks. It's the latest study to show that food can influence mental health.

Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression, Boost Mood

9:27pm October 09, 2019

Depression symptoms dropped significantly in a group of young adults who ate a Mediterranean-style diet for three weeks. It's the latest study to show that food can influence mental health.

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Economy

The Past, Present And Future Of American Beer

10:28pm October 07, 2019

"Beer is not the answer. Beer is not the question. Yes is the answer."

A new rule proposed by the Labor Department would allow employers to require waitstaff and others to share their tips with kitchen staff. But labor advocates say it could allow bosses to take advantage of their workers.

Restaurants Would Get More Flexibility With Workers' Tips Under Proposed Rule

6:17pm October 07, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The rule would allow employers to require waitstaff and others to share their tips with kitchen staff. But labor advocates say it could allow bosses to take advantage of their workers.

Doyle's owner, Gerry Burke Jr., is selling the cafe's liquor license. The restaurant business has changed, and for Burke, the pub (shown here in 2015) is no longer viable.

National

Bostonians Lament Loss Of 137-Year-Old Pub And Its Trove Of History

4:22pm October 07, 2019

by Aaron Schachter

Doyle's Café has been in business since 1882, but the owner is closing up shop later this month. Locals are portraying this as yet another nail in the coffin of Boston history and tradition.

Whether it's gluten or dairy, many people avoid certain types of foods these days. Sometimes, food avoidance can take over people's lives and veer into an eating disorder that scientist are just beginning to study.

When Efforts To Eat 'Clean' Become An Unhealthy Obsession

11:20am October 07, 2019

by April Fulton

Whether it's gluten or dairy, many people avoid certain types of foods these days. Sometimes food avoidance can take over people's lives and veer into an eating disorder.

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National

What It's Like To Harvest Seaweed

8:02am October 06, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro pays a visit to Larch Hanson, who has been harvesting wild seaweed in Maine for more than 40 years.

A worker at a bog owned by Massachusetts-based Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., removes vines from a batch of just-harvested berries.

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

7:00am October 06, 2019

by Adrian Ma

The U.S. has spent millions to get China to embrace the unknown fruit — and it did. Now, tariffs have driven China to buy its cranberries from other countries, leaving U.S. farmers in the lurch.

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate that some scientists warn is unsustainable.

We're Pulling Tuna Out Of The Ocean At Unprecedented — And Unsustainable — Rates

2:02pm October 04, 2019

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable.

A pile of rough-hewn pink Himalayan salt cubes.

World News

Pakistan Wants You To Know: Most Pink Himalayan Salt Doesn't Come From India

7:00am October 03, 2019

The salt has become trendy in the U.S. But Pakistan hasn't benefited much economically from that popularity. Now, Pakistan's government wants to trademark the salt and cash in.