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Thursday

Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters

Texas Icehouses Melt Away

Texas Icehouses — part town hall, part tavern, icehouses have been a South Texas tradition since the 1920s. Once a vital part of everyday local culture, a cornerstone of every neighborhood in San Antonio and Houston, they are a rapidly diminishing, endangered species. A journey into this Mexican, German, Tejano, Anglo tradition.

Texas Icehouses Melt Away

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Wednesday

Farai's Fitness Challenge

Week 15: Shopping Tips for Healthy Eating

Farai Chideya tours a grocery store with nutritionist Rovenia Brock, aka Dr. Ro, for some aisle-by-aisle advice on how to shop for a healthful diet. Here's a couple of tips: don't shop hungry, and stay close to the produce section.

Week 15: Shopping Tips for Healthy Eating

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Tuesday

Sunday

Culture

Amy Sedaris: Writer, Actor, Cupcake Baker

As Jerri Blank, a former "user, boozer, and loser," Amy Sedaris contorts her face into a sad-sack overbite and wears both garish makeup and padding that gives her an over-sized midsection. But at home, Sedaris is a pleasant hostess, and an expert baker.

Amy Sedaris: Writer, Actor, Cupcake Baker

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Sour Cherries: A Tart, Tasty Michigan Treat

Sour cherries are one of summer's great delights. They will be ripe and ready in just a few weeks. But unless you live in Michigan, where most are grown, they're hard to locate. One place you can certainly track them down is The Cherry Hut in Beulah, Mich.

Sour Cherries: A Tart, Tasty Michigan Treat

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Thursday

Business

Global Food Companies Respond to Local Tastes

What does globalization taste like? The common belief is that globalization means homogenization. But global food companies are finding that just isn't true. People want their traditional foods and tastes much more than global ones.

Global Food Companies Respond to Local Tastes

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Diversions

'The Economist', Jay-Z and the Cristal Brouhaha

The Economist magazine recently reported that an executive from champagne seller Cristal regarded its hip-hop cachet as "unwelcome attention." The report angered rapper Jay-Z, and though the company issued a statement saying the official had never made such a comment, Jay-Z says he will no longer sell Cristal at his upscale clubs, nor will he drink it anymore himself.

'The Economist', Jay-Z and the Cristal Brouhaha

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Monday

World

Work on Massive Seed Vault to Begin in Norway

On July 19, the leaders of five Nordic countries will gather on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, halfway between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. They'll lay the foundation stone for an underground vault that will hold millions of seeds, a kind of agricultural Noah's Ark -- or Doomsday Vault -- meant to help the world survive a catastrophic event, such as an asteroid strike.

Work on Massive Seed Vault to Begin in Norway

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Saturday

Friday

Upscale Grocery Chain Passes on Live Lobsters

Whole Foods has decided to stop selling live lobsters and crabs, and instead sell only frozen ones. Michele Norris talks with Margaret Wittenberg, the chain's vice president of quality standards. She also speaks with Bob Vosburgh, Whole Health Editor at Supermarket News. And we hear from lobstermen in Portland, Me.

Upscale Grocery Chain Passes on Live Lobsters

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Wednesday

Tuesday

AMA Sets Sights on Old Foe: Salt

The use of salt in American diets is attacked at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association. Delegates debated whether to urge the Food and Drug Administration to take salt off the list of foods recognized as safe. Anti-salt advocates aim to lower the amount of salt in foods.

AMA Sets Sights on Old Foe: Salt

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