Taylor Swift watched the Kansas City Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. At one point she ate a snack and unknowingly set a meme in motion. David Eulitt/Getty Images hide caption
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Nutrition labels like these, seen in a store in 2014, have helped consumers better understand the contents of the food they buy. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
The head of the USDA says most WIC beneficiaries would lose access to the program within a few days of a government shutdown, leaving them unable to buy healthy food. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down
Michele Pascarella, owner of London pizza restaurant Napoli on the Road, was recently crowned the best pizza maker in the world. Michele Pascarella hide caption
This image provided by Kraft Heinz shows a 24-pack of American cheese slices. AP hide caption
Pedestrians pass a Starbucks in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York on June 13. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Bagels on display at Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Michele Norris explores the family kitchen in her new podcast, Your Mama's Kitchen. Audible hide caption
What makes the family kitchen so special? Michele Norris digs into the details
A "river of wine" cascaded down the streets of a small town in Portugal, after two large tanks ruptured at a nearby distillery. _o_cabra_da_peste via X / Screenshot by NPR hide caption
The rich savory flavor of miso soup is one way to experience umami, the fifth major taste. Yuuji/Getty Images hide caption
How umami overcame discrimination and took its place as the 5th taste
Hostess Brands, best known for its Twinkies, is being bought by jelly-maker J.M. Smucker. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Twinkies are sold! J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion
Wolfing down your meals? Here's how to slow down and eat more mindfully
Adeena Sussman, Jewish culinary guru and author of the new cookbook Shabbat, at the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv on Friday morning, Sept. 1, 2023. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for NPR hide caption
A package of Paqui OneChipChallenge spicy tortilla chips is seen on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Boston. Steve LeBlanc/AP hide caption
A field of green beans growing in Kigali, Rwanda. Small-scale farms provide 70 to 80% of Africa's food. Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
These ice cream cones aren't just delicious — they're works of art
Leonardo Sanchez kneels beside some of his agave plants near Roma, Texas. John Burnett for NPR hide caption
As Americans drink more tequila, the agave industry in the Southwest grows
Allergenic foods. Top left to right: shrimp (crustacean), soy, milk, peanuts. Bottom left to right: tree nuts, wheat, egg, fish. Science Photo Library/ Getty Images hide caption
An estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. are allergic to sesame seeds and flour. Sergey Verin /Getty Images hide caption
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon. MaryCait Dolan/KYUK hide caption
The Subway logo is seen on takeout boxes at a restaurant in Londonderry, N.H. The sandwich chain says it will be sold to the private equity firm Roark Capital. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
This aerial picture shows tanks used for storing treated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan began releasing wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday despite angry opposition from China and local fishermen. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Worries over seafood safety mount as Japan releases Fukushima water into the Pacific
A listeria bacterium seen under an electron microscope. Listeria is not typically life-threatening, but those over 65, pregnant or with compromised immune systems are deemed high-risk when exposed to the bacteria. Elizabeth White/AP hide caption