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A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

Barman Eddie Kim created the light and crisp "Truth and Clarity" cocktail — combining Capitoline White Vermouth, Suntory Toki Whisky, club soda and lemon vinegar — to ring in the new year. Laura Beltrán Villamizar/NPR hide caption

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A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

Barman Eddie Kim visits All Things Considered to share a drink for ringing in 2020. He named the whisky and vermouth cocktail for the vibes he's hoping for in the new year, truth and clarity.

A 'Truth And Clarity' Cocktail To Carry Us Into 2020

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Anthony Bourdain

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This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2016, Dave Davies spoke with Bourdain, the chef-turned-travel-show-host who died in 2018.

'Fresh Air' Favorites: Anthony Bourdain

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Reunited Massachusetts Couple Gets Married At Worcester's Dunkin'

Valerie Sneade and Jason Roy got married last week at the same doughnut shop where they broke up more than 25 years ago. After nearly three decades apart, they crossed paths and rekindled their love.

Reunited Massachusetts Couple Gets Married At Worcester's Dunkin'

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Environment

Large Parts Of Pacific Ocean Reopened For Trawling

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with fishing captain Brad Pettinger about successful groundfish conservation and the reopening of bottom-trawling in the Pacific Ocean.

Large Parts Of Pacific Ocean Reopened For Trawling

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National

Bad Fall Weather Leaves U.S. Potato Farmers With Their Smallest Crop In Years

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USDA forecasts the smallest potato harvest since 2010 this year, down 6.1% from last year due to bad weather. Farmers and buyers explain impacts at a time when demand for french fries is surging.

Bad Fall Weather Leaves U.S. Potato Farmers With Their Smallest Crop In Years

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Toddler Gets Really Excited About Her Christmas Present

Justice Mojica tried to prank his two-year-old daughter with the worst Christmas gift ever. But he and his wife were surprised by Aria's reaction. The video of her unwrapping a banana has gone viral.

Toddler Gets Really Excited About Her Christmas Present

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Companies Face An Uphill Battle Trying To Get Americans To Eat Bugs

A new crop of young entrepreneurs are looking to capitalize on the latest food trend: eating bugs. The protein source is showing up on shelves at grocery chains.

Companies Face An Uphill Battle Trying To Get Americans To Eat Bugs

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Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of ancient family recipes written down by the women of her family over generations. Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

Many Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition, a history often lost to their descendants. Finding recipes adhering to Jewish food customs helped one woman unearth her family's hidden past.

Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

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3 Kitchen Experts Share Their Favorite Holiday Side Dishes To Bring To A Gathering

If you panic when a dinner party host asks you to "just bring along a side," help is here. Three cooking experts share their suggestions for dishes to pass.

3 Kitchen Experts Share Their Favorite Holiday Side Dishes To Bring To A Gathering

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How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts

A new study suggests that one service already in place in many food deserts could help make it easier to access fresh, healthy food: online grocery delivery. The finding lends support to expanding a pilot program that lets people use food stamp benefits to pay for those groceries. svetikd/Getty Images hide caption

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How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts

Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a pilot program that lets people pay for these groceries with food stamps.

With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

Alison Roman stresses that preparing dinner for others doesn't have to be a piece of performance art. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

In her new cookbook, Nothing Fancy, Alison Roman is rebranding how we think of having people over for dinner. You don't have to prepare a picture perfect moment to share a good meal with friends.

With 'Nothing Fancy,' Alison Roman Aims To Rebrand Having People Over For Dinner

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Business

New Belgium, A Beloved Brewery, Is Sold To International Conglomerate

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Employee-owned craft brewer New Belgium, maker of Fat Tire, has voted to sell the company to an international beer conglomerate that has a controversial background.

New Belgium, A Beloved Brewery, Is Sold To International Conglomerate

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Can Applesauce Help Close The Racial Health Gap? No, Wait, Hear This Chef Out

Chef Tunde Wey uses food as a tool for social justice. His company, BabyZoos, aims to use profits from the sale of applesauce to hospitals to fund ventures that create more economic opportunities for African Americans in an effort to close racial wealth — and health — gaps. L. Kasimu Harris for NPR hide caption

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Can Applesauce Help Close The Racial Health Gap? No, Wait, Hear This Chef Out

From infant mortality rates to access to cancer treatment, stark health disparities exist between blacks and whites. One Michigan experiment to address that starts with money made from hospital food.