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Consumed

A newsletter of insights and analysis about food and food culture

Pressure Cooker

A podcast about why feeding kids is so complicated and why so many of us feel like we’re failing.

revenge of the lunch lady

How an unassuming bureaucrat outsmarted Jamie Oliver and pulled off an honest-to-god miracle in one of America's unhealthiest cities. (Huffington Post Highline)

José andrés embraces the chaos

It took a celebrity-chef-turned-gonzo-humanitarian to feed the hungry of the pandemic. (Huffington Post Highline)

HOW REPUBLICANS WON THE FOOD FIGHT

And how Democrats could win it back in the midterms. (The New Republic)

How to ‘fix’ restaurants? raise wages

Restaurants tinker with wages to win over staff. (NYT)

can google make people eat their vegetables?

A tech giant tries to re-engineer how Americans eat. (Medium)

The Aspirational appeal of … a cake mix?

The power of Instagram has come for your Betty Crocker (Taste Cooking)

a love letter to appalachia, with recipes

In Victuals, Ronni Lundy takes readers on a culinary tour of the mountain south. (WashPost)

why AMERICANS LOVE supplementS…EVEN THOUGH they don’t work

The story of a century-long battle between the U.S. government and consumers blinded by your love of a magic pill. (Planet Money, NPR)

kennedy’s crusade threatens the supplement industry

Going after the GRAS loophole puts an industry Kennedy champions on the defensive. (NYT)

They’re rescuing olive trees for more than the oil

From California to the Mediterranean, abandoned groves are being restored to life in order to save shrinking towns and prevent environmental damage. (NYT)