Food Your guide to Seattle's udon scene Tan visits udon noodle house Azuki in Madison Valley to learn about how Chef Ryuji Miyata makes his noodles by hand. Later, Tan recommends some more casual and budget-friendly udon places. Tan Vinh Jim Gates Lucy Soucek Play AudioListen 20 mins
Food Inside the oldest cookbook by a Black American woman Malinda Russell wrote "A Domestic Cookbook" in 1866. Play AudioListen 3 mins
Food First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus recipes for shampoo and cologne – and remedies for toothaches. Neda Ulaby Play AudioListen 3 mins
Food The Detroit-style pizza everyone’s talking about Tan visits Derek Reiff at his new restaurant, My Friend Derek's, the day before it opens to talk about what Detroit-style pizza is and what it’s like to go from a pop-up sensation to a sit-down restaurant. Tan Vinh Lucy Soucek Jim Gates Play AudioListen 15 mins
Food Retailers including Trader Joe's and Kroger have begun limiting egg purchases Egg farmers have been plagued by widespread outbreaks of bird flu. Experts say it's hard to predict when the industry will bounce back from the illness' effects. Ayana Archie
Food The tastiest dishes we ate this past year Tan talks with The Seattle Times food writers Jackie Varriano and Bethany Jean Clement about the best dishes they ate last year. Tan Vinh Lucy Soucek Jim Gates Play AudioListen 25 mins
Food Chocolate lovers feel the price pinch this Valentine's Day Another cocoa harvest in West Africa has come up short, leading to the worst deficit in decades. That means higher prices for chocolate makers and for shoppers. Alina Selyukh
Food What's the KUOW Book Club reading in February? The KUOW Book Club is reading and cooking along with "Feasts of Good Fortune" by Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Chou Riddle this month. Katie Campbell
Food This is the latest trend in the beer brewing scene. A Seattle brewery has been making it for years While still a small segment of the brewery market, non-alcoholic beers, aka NA beer, have experienced considerable growth in popularity and are expected to rise further. One Seattle brewery, Figurehead Brewing, is already crafting its own NA beer that owners say not only fulfils beer-drinkers desires, it fosters community. Patricia Murphy Andy Hurst Dyer Oxley
Food Why are people smearing beef fat on their face? "New Year, New Me" Episode 3: beef tallow & natural skincareAccording to Pew Research Center, 79% of New Year's resolutions are about one thing: health. It's Been a Minute is kicking off 2025 with a little series called "new year, new me." We're getting into some of the big questions and cultural confusion around our health and wellness. For our final installment, we're getting into a new skincare trend: using beef tallow as a moisturizer. That's right – beef fat rendered from suet is one of the trends du jour. Brittany Luse sits down with Marie Claire senior beauty editor Samantha Holender and beauty journalist Jennifer Sullivan to understand why the beef tallow trend has taken off, what it says about what we value in our skin care, and whether we should be using beef tallow at all. Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today. Brittany Luse Liam McBain Barton Girdwood Jasmine Romero Veralyn Williams Play AudioListen 19 mins
