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Florida's Deep Freeze Puts The Squeeze On Tomatoes

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It's been a tough winter for Florida's tomato crop. A devastating freeze last month wiped out production by 70 percent. The state provides almost all of the tomatoes consumed in the U.S. during this time of year. Farmers are struggling, and soon consumers will notice it too.

Florida's Deep Freeze Puts The Squeeze On Tomatoes

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Opinion

A Walk On The Wild Side ... Of The Plate

It was inevitable that interest in local, sustainable, ethical eating would lead back to hunting. Weekend Edition food commentator Bonny Wolf shares her experience attending a wild-game-friendly dinner party.

A Walk On The Wild Side ... Of The Plate

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Latin America

Bolivia Pushing Coca That's Good For You

Bolivia is the third largest coca-producing country in the world. Although the illegal drug trade has given coca a bad reputation, indigenous people have used it for centuries as medicine, food and a symbol of their culture. Bolivia's president is a former coca farmer, and the country is trying to rebrand the coca leaf and create a legal industry from the controversial crop.

Bolivia Pushing Coca That's Good For You

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Grapefruit-Mint Panna Cotta: A Taste of Spring

Carla Hall says you can use creme fraiche in this panna cotta, or substitute a mixture of sour cream and heavy cream. Guy Raz/NPR hide caption

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Grapefruit-Mint Panna Cotta: A Taste of Spring

If you're tired of winter, Top Chef finalist Carla Hall has an early taste of spring: smooth, cool grapefruit-mint panna cotta with a tart red wine and pomegranate sauce.

Grapefruit-Mint Panna Cotta: A Taste of Spring

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Group Seeks Hot Dog Redesign To Prevent Choking

The American Academy of Pediatrics has a message for parents — Hot dogs can be dangerous to young children — and it's calling for a redesign. Eric Hummel, director of marketing at Hummel Brothers Meat Products, has his own message: Cut them up into bite-sized pieces.

Group Seeks Hot Dog Redesign To Prevent Choking

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Opinion

The Opinion Page

Op-Ed: Ignore Your Food's Expiration Dates

Some people keep milk until it fails the sniff test, while others pitch it the minute it hits the use-by date. Do those expiration dates really mean anything? Nadia Arumugam says no, and that it's the food supply chain, not the sell-by date, we should care about.

Op-Ed: Ignore Your Food's Expiration Dates

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Opinion

An Indian Palate Meets A California Street Corner

Essayist Sandip Roy knows that Indian food doesn't need to be from India to be authentic. In fact, sometimes fried semolina balls filled with tamarind water and boiled potatoes are best served out of a little vendor truck in California.

An Indian Palate Meets A California Street Corner

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Valentine's Day

A-Twitter Over Updated Sweethearts Candy

For the first time in 145 years, the original recipe has been revamped. The new candies have brighter colors, bolder flavors and more current Valentine's Day expressions — like TEXT ME and TWEET ME.

A-Twitter Over Updated Sweethearts Candy

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Move Over, Cupcake: Make Way For The Macaroon

Cupcakes Are So 2005: The latest "it" dessert is the macaroon ... or macaron, if you want to be French about it. Kyle Samperton hide caption

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Move Over, Cupcake: Make Way For The Macaroon

Hate to break it to you, but cupcakes are so 2005. The latest "it" dessert is the macaroon ... or macaron, if you want to be all French about it. The colorful little almond-and-air cookies have taken off in the U.S. — they've made cameos in Gossip Girl and at Starbucks, and make-your-own macaroon classes are selling out.

Move Over, Cupcake: Make Way For The Macaroon

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Business

Levi Johnston Helps Make Pistachios 'Hawt'

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The unlikely spokesman takes a crack at promoting the nuts for Paramount Farms, which controls 60 percent of America's pistachio crop. The company decided to use well-known but less costly celebrities to promote its product.

Levi Johnston Helps Make Pistachios 'Hawt'

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Strange News

What Being Neopolitan Means For Pizza

Pizza was invented in the Italian city of Naples — the European Union finally recognized that officially after 25 years. Real Neapolitan pizza has to pass a test: only San Marzano tomatoes and fresh Buffalo mozzarella, and no foreign flour in the crust.

What Being Neopolitan Means For Pizza

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Super Bowl XLIV: Colts Vs. Saints

Super Bowl Food Fight: Indy Vs. Big Easy

Football fans are looking forward to this Sunday's Super Bowl –- and a day full of good food. But the menu doesn't have to be limited to pizza and nachos. We asked two chefs from the Colts' and Saints' hometowns about what they'd be cooking this weekend.

Super Bowl Food Fight: Indy Vs. Big Easy

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