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News Articles: Food

Spam Figgy Pudding is a thing that exists now. Reviews have been mixed.

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  • Food

All we want for Christmas is ... Spam Figgy Pudding?

This seasonal Spam includes additional "fig and orange flavors, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger and all spice." As ever, it is shelf stable in case of the apocalypse.

November 21, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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  • Food

Favorite family recipes and the stories that make them memorable

We all have that one dish that excites our palates and calls to mind special memories with Mom, Dad, Grandma or a favorite aunt who created delicious, comforting dishes.

November 21, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Stu Haley's Grandma Monnette created a Thanksgiving side dish, dressing balls, to avoid using stuffing from inside the turkey.

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  • Food

When making Thanksgiving dressing, Grandma Monnette had one simple rule

Rather than stuffing the turkey, Rebecca Monnette made dressing balls with a few simple ingredients that safely cook separate from the bird. Her grandson carries on the tradition.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Left: Miriam Armendariz Piccolo with her mother, Genoveva. Right: the finished picadillo.

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  • Food

She loved Mom's picadillo but never got the recipe. TikTok moved her to get creative

After her mother died, using tips from her aunts, Miriam Piccolo re-created a dish that tastes like home to her. Coming home from school to this meal meant that her mom had been thinking about her.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Left: Lisa Hovis and her grandma peel potatoes in preparation for Thanksgiving. Right: Lisa's krumkake sits next to a hot pad with her grandma's krum kage (krumkake) recipe on it.

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  • Food

Friends and family flip over these krumkake cookies

Lisa Hovis learned to make these traditional Norwegian cookies by baking alongside her grandmother. The recipe and fond memories remain.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Wayne Wright shares a recipe for lasagna. He learned many Italian recipes from circus performer Edmondo Zacchini.

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  • Food

The 'human cannonball' is gone, but his lasagna recipe lives on

A circus performer known for being fired out of a cannon liked to make dinner for the people he worked with. One of them still makes his inspired lasagna today, and it has some surprising ingredients.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Maureen O'Reilly shares a family recipe for Irish soda bread.

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  • Food

It took clever thinking to write a recipe for this Irish soda bread, a family favorite

Maureen O'Reilly wanted to make the treat for her husband, but first she had to watch his grandmother make it — and measure out each ingredient rather than just eyeballing it.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Becky Ellis, who likes to put her own spin on recipes, added prosciutto to a classic green bean dish.

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  • Food

Her husband's love of crispy prosciutto transformed a green bean casserole

Parmesan cheese and panko breadcrumbs round out this dish. Just don't expect any cream of mushroom soup or fried onions in this twist on a traditional recipe.

November 20, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Deb Perelman in her small "smitten" kitchen in New York City's East Village. "I make it work!" she says. "I like that there's a lot of light coming in."

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  • Food

Stuck on veggie ideas for Thanksgiving? The Smitten Kitchen has some advice

Deb Perelman, creator of the hugely popular Smitten Kitchen website, whips up some budget-conscious, vegetable-centric Thanksgiving side dishes. Her new cookbook is Smitten Kitchen Keepers.

November 19, 2022
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  • Melissa Block
In her 1796 cookbook, <em>American Cookery,</em> Amelia Simmons recommends serving turkey or other fowl "with boiled onions and cranberry-sauce, mangoes, pickles or celery." Not long after, (give or take 180+ years), Susan Stamberg began sharing her mother in law's cranberry relish recipe on NPR.

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  • Food

When turkey met cranberries — a dinner date from the 1700s

Turkey and cranberries were linked in print for the first time in a 1796 cookbook. Not long after, (give or take 180+ years), Susan Stamberg began sharing her family's cranberry relish recipe on NPR.

November 18, 2022
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  • Susan Stamberg
An outstretched arm holds a paper bag of food in front of the Slutty Vegan food truck in Atlanta.

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  • Food

Slutty Vegan CEO talks new cookbook, plans to go global

In the past few years, Slutty Vegan, an Atlanta-based eatery, has attracted a cult-like following with its raunchy approach to veganism. The chain has opened new locations in Alabama and New York since owner Pinky Cole opened up the first brick-and-mortar location in 2018. This month, she will begin a five-city tour to promote her new cookbook "Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind."

November 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press

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  • Global Health

Food insecurity is driving women in Africa into sex work, increasing HIV risk

A study found that giving direct food support to women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa cut their risk of contracting HIV by 64%, because it alleviated the pressure to engage in high-risk sex.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Seyma Bayram
Gavin Kinney holds up a sign thanking veterans at the 2015 Veterans Day Parade in New York City.

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  • Family

These 12 restaurants are offering discounts on Veterans Day

Dozens of companies across the U.S. are offering freebies and discounts to veterans and active-duty military members on Veterans Day.

November 11, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward

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  • Book Reviews

'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details podcaster's battle with weight

Atypical of inspirational weight-loss books, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry — an advocate of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed — is a love letter to the author's native cuisine.

November 09, 2022
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  • Heller McAlpin
Dr. Fengyi Hu helped develop perennial rice, which has living roots that could help preserve valuable soil.

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  • Food

Could this cheaper, more climate-friendly perennial rice transform farming?

A promising, less labor-intensive perennial rice is beginning to take off in China, but whether this success can be replicated in other crops like wheat or corn remains to be seen.

November 07, 2022
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  • Dan Charles
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