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Sandwich Monday: The 'Shroom Burger From Shake Shack

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a next-level veggie burger: the 'Shroom Burger from Shake Shack. It's a fried mushroom burger stuffed with two types of cheese.

Women operate a gum-wrapping machine, circa 1923. It was a pivotal decade in the rise of America's retail candy business.

Tainted Treats: Racism And The Rise Of Big Candy

Halloween's iconic candy corn first appeared in stores in the 1920s. The decade saw a boom in the retail candy business — and in advertising and production divided along racial lines.

Food companies invest heavily in running their products through taste tests with trained sensory panelists. Here, a blind taste testing event at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., in 2012.

Tasting French Fries For A Living Can Be A Pain In The Mouth

Food industry "sensory panelists" spend hours chewing, swishing and analyzing food, sometimes to the point of pain. These tests ensure the mass-produced products like frozen french fries hit the spot.

The American and Israeli flags are on display Wednesday on the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. President Trump announced that the U.S. will view Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and he ordered the State Department to "begin preparation to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv." The controversial move threatens to unsettle the region's volatile politics.

Religious Leaders Divided Over Trump's Jerusalem Decision

Several Jewish-American groups and evangelical Christians applauded President Trump's announcement. Other Christian and Jewish leaders as well as some Muslim-majority nations criticized the move.

Donald Trump, owner of the United States Football League's New Jersey Generals, talks to reporters on Nov. 1, 1985, in Memphis, Tenn., during a break in the USFL owners' meeting.

Trump, Self-Proclaimed Outsider, Was New Jersey Political Insider

To further his business interests, the real estate mogul and casino owner made friends with politicians on both sides of the aisle in the Garden State.

Reporters and campaign staffers rush to their cars to get to Hillary Clinton's first Iowa campaign stop.

The Cat-And-Mouse Game Of The Great Clinton Chase, Iowa Edition

Hillary Clinton's campaign went to great lengths to keep her events in Iowa this week intimate. That's easier said than done when the candidate is one of the world's most famous politicians.

Processed And Red Meat Could Cause Cancer? Your Questions Answered

An expert panel's conclusion that hot dogs, bacon and yes, even turkey bacon can cause cancer had many of you wanting more details. Which cancers? How much is safe to eat? We tackle your questions.

#NPRreads: Lying About 9/11, And California's Drought-Stricken Levees

Also this week: What Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath teaches us about the true nature of America.

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways. [sic] Working from seven in the morning until twelve noon, we earn an average of thirty-five cents." California, February 1937

How Dorothea Lange Taught Us To See Hunger And Humanity

Perhaps no one did more to show us the human toll of the Great Depression than Lange, who was born on this day in 1895. Her photos of farm workers and others have become iconic of the era.

Kids Who Are Time-Crunched At School Lunch Toss More And Eat Less

Many public school students get 15 minutes or less to eat. A study finds that kids who get less than 20 minutes for lunch end up eating less of everything on their tray.

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