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NPR staff members blindly taste test quail, goose, chicken and duck eggs.

Hunting For The Tastiest Egg: Duck, Goose, Chicken Or Quail?

We hard-boiled them. We donned blindfolds. And we chowed down. In our eggsperiment, can you guess which bird prevailed in the ultimate showdown of duck vs. chicken?

Artist Miranda July contributed a series of photos in which strangers try on one another's favorite outfits.

For 'Women In Clothes,' It's Not What You Wear, It's Why You Wear It

A new book collects stories that link clothing with intimacy, emotion and memory: how moms dressed before they had kids, favorite outfits and, of course, garment envy.

The Music Midnight Makes: In Conversation With Joni Mitchell

The legendary composer and singer showed up at NPR's Culver City studios just before the dead of night to talk about her "helium voice," overcoming polio and painting songs with Bob Dylan.

Homes butt up against one of the former fairways of the Escondido Country Club, Aug. 20, 2014.

Battle Over Escondido Golf Course Comes Down To Measure H

Many of those opposed to Measure H don’t play golf, but they think a developer's plans to allow more than 400 homes on former fairways will crowd the neighborhood and decrease property values.

St. Vincent's Annie Clark, who played Bob Boilen's favorite concert of 2014, on stage at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on March 2, 2014.

662 Shows In 365 Days: Bob Boilen's Year In Concerts

The All Songs Considered host saw 555 different bands play in 144 venues across 16 cities over the course of 2014. Here is the list of his favorites.

Drs. Melissa L.D. Christoper and James Michelsen are leading the efforts at VA San Diego Healthcare System to reduce the number of prescription painkillers taken by local veterans.

Painkillers Might Not Be Right Prescription For Veterans

The VA in San Diego is rethinking its drug prescription policies because too many veterans are becoming addicted to painkillers.

Mingei International Museum Founder Martha Longenecker Has Died

The founder and director of the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park has died. Martha W. Longenecker, 93, will be remembered for bringing Japanese folk art to San Diego, and beyond.

Celebrate America’s Independence Day with "A Capitol Fourth," the nation’s premier birthday party and a gala salute to our country’s independence starring (L to R): Matthew Broderick, Phillip Phillips, Megan Hilty, Tom Bergeron, Josh Turner, Javier Colon and Apolo Anton Ohno.

A Capitol Fourth 2012

Airs Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (8 p.m. on KPBS Radio)

Carl DeMaio (l) and Congressman Scott Peters

Donations In Peters, DeMaio Congressional Race All Over The Map

Both candidates are ex-San Diego councilmen, but Democrat Scott Peters raised far more from his former council district than Republican Carl DeMaio has from his.

At "Antiques Roadshow" in Las Vegas, Nevada, this woman flips through a scrapbook, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, featuring the signatures of some of the Civil War era's greatest public figures, including Grant, Sherman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and many others. This exceptional heirloom prompts appraiser Rafael Eledge of Shiloh Civil War Relics to assign an insurance value of $75,000 to $100,000.

Antiques Roadshow: Las Vegas, Nev. - Hour Two

Airs Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

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