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Economy

PHOTOS: This Is What It Looks Like When A New Apple Comes To Town

Dan Charles

This spring, orchards in Washington state are being ripped up to make room for a new apple variety called Cosmic Crisp. This is what happens before it hits store shelves.
Health

New Businesses Give Restaurant Workers The Tips They Ache For: Wellness

Dakota Kim

Waiting, cooking and tending bar can take a heavy toll on the body and mind. Several health-minded support services are springing up to help workers stay in the game for the long term.
International

What Did Ancient Romans Eat? New Novel Serves Up Meals And Intrigue

Kristen Hartke

In ancient Rome, food was a bargaining chip for position for slaves and nobles alike. At the center of Feast Of Sorrow is real-life nobleman Apicius, who inspired the oldest surviving cookbook.
Politics

A Watergate Villain Walks Into A Berkeley Restaurant. What Could Go Wrong?

Nina Martyris

A new film profiles influential chef Jeremiah Tower. When one of the most hated men in U.S. politics walked in for dinner at Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse, where Tower worked, a colorful scene ensued.
Economy

'Vegetable Whisperer' Chef Plants The Seeds Of His Own Reinvention

Mandalit del Barco

With a vegetables-only restaurant in Napa Valley, chef Jeremy Fox was a rising star. But the stress was too much and it all fell apart. Now he is back with a vegetable cookbook.
Arts & Culture

Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas

Rhitu Chatterjee

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."
KPBS Midday Edition

How Americans Ate During The Great Depression

Michael Lipkin

Baked onion stuffed with peanut butter? That's just one of the recipes Americans turned to during the Great Depression.
Health

Pork Tacos Topped With Fries: Fuel For Mexico's Diabetes Epidemic

Jason Beaubien

Mexico knows how to fight infectious diseases. Tackling a chronic condition like diabetes is a new — and daunting — challenge.
International

Venezuela's Bread Wars: With Food Scarce, Government Accuses Bakers Of Hoarding

John Otis

Authorities control flour, and bakers say there isn't enough. But officials say bakers are diverting flour to more profitable brownies and trying to bring down the government.
Science & Technology

The Taste Of Wine Isn't All In Your Head, But Your Brain Sure Helps

Mark Schatzker

Savoring the flavor of wine activates more gray matter than solving a complex math problem, according to neuroscientist Gordon Shepherd. His new book, Neurenology, explores your brain on wine.