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Financial troubles force dozens of Red Lobster restaurants to close down

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Amy McCarthy, a reporter for the food blog Eater and fan of Red Lobster, about the closure of dozens of the chain's restaurants.
Scott Simon
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A bird flu outbreak among dairy cows sparks new warnings about unpasteurized milk

An outbreak of avian flu in dairy cow herds has resurfaced long-simmering tensions between the federal government and raw milk advocates, who downplay concerns that health officials have raised.
Pien Huang

Chiara Eisner
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California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices

Service charges; resort fees; "surcharge" add-ons: A new state law requiring price transparency is set to take effect in July. Until now, no one knew how it would apply to restaurants.
Bill Chappell
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Panera says it will stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks at center of lawsuits

Panera Bread said it's discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content.
The Associated Press
Food

More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over E. coli risk

Cargill says that, out "of an abundance of caution," it is recalling several of its ground beef products produced in late April and sold at Walmart locations across the eastern U.S.
Juliana Kim
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No greeting the meat: Florida bans selling or manufacturing lab-grown meat

Florida has banned and criminalize the production and sale of cell-cultivated meat — meat that's been grown from animal cells in a production facility — across the state.
Lynn Hatter
Food

How dairy production is changing in response to avian flu

New measures to stop avian flu among dairy cows are taking effect, such as testing dairy herds before they cross state lines. But farmers who voluntarily report infections stand to lose money.
Yuki Noguchi
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Why Seattle has such good Vietnamese food

Vietnamese food and Seattle go together as seamlessly as pho broth and a squeeze of lime. For over forty years, the city has been a culinary hub for Vietnamese dishes, and things are only getting started. Seattle Times Food Writer Tan Vinh is here to talk about it.
Patricia Murphy

Jeannie Yandel

Vaughan Jones
Food

Meet the winner of the 'best baguette in Paris' award

The Utopie bakery has been crowned the winner of the 31st annual "best baguette in Paris" competition.
Eleanor Beardsley
Food

Bird flu has reached the commercial milk supply

Studies have found fragments of bird flu virus in about 20% of the milk supply. It's not expected to pose a threat to humans, but may indicate the outbreak is more widespread than previously thought.
Pien Huang

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