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Food and Drink

Appetites: Bringing the heat of wood fire cooking

Appetites: Bringing the heat of wood fire cooking

Irons in the Fire describes themselves as a “wood fire scratch kitchen.” The Minneapolis-based catering company creates custom meals throughout Minnesota, and now into Wisconsin and Iowa.
by Steven John and Kyle Shiely

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Study: Sugar ruins teeth, rules the world

Study: Sugar ruins teeth, rules the world

The authors of a new study say dental health is especially bad in low- and middle-income countries — and that Big Sugar works to make sure soda and candy aren't targeted as cavity culprits.
by Nadia Whitehead

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Our taste for turtle soup nearly wiped out terrapins. Then prohibition saved them

Our taste for turtle soup nearly wiped out terrapins. Then prohibition saved them

By the turn of the 20th century, America's love affair with diamondback terrapin soup — a subsistence food turned gourmet fare — had left the turtle's population teetering. Booze ban to the rescue.
by Shoshi Parks

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Your hummus habit could be good for the Earth

Your hummus habit could be good for the Earth

High in fiber and protein, chickpeas are playing a starring role on menus. They're also good for soil health -- and growing demand could help restore soils depleted by decades of intensive farming.
by Whitney Pipkin

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