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Topic: food culture

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The charcoal "health" trend needs to die

Nicole Karlis
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When wine experts disagree on wine recs

Bianca Grohmann - The Conversation
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The ethical, sustainable chocolate you

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner - Alternet
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Our sandwiches, our selves

Paul Freedman, Andrew P. Haley, Imogene L. Lim, Ken Albala, Megan Elias - The Conversation
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The future of food is seeds

Stephen Talbot - Independent Lens
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The lost art of cooking

Lindsay Abrams
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Origins of a Christmas feast

Lindsay Abrams
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The fish we don't eat

Lindsay Abrams
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The BNTO lunchbox adaptor (Cuppow)

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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(Oregon State Univeristy)

Katie McDonough
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