NASA astronaut Frank Rubio checks tomato plants growing inside the International Space Station for a space botany study. Koichi Wakata/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/NASA hide caption
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Chuck E. Cheese, the frontman for the animatronic Munch's Make Believe Band at the Chuck E. Cheese location in Northridge, Calif. This animatronic band is the last remaining one in the United States as locations remodel in favor of screens and interactive dance floors. Maggie Shannon for NPR hide caption
Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway
A young bison calf with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., on Sept. 27, 2022. American bison, or buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the 1800s. Many tribes are participating in their restoration. Audrey Jackson/AP hide caption
CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Rose Previte's stuffed summer squash with lamb and rice, from her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Rose Previte, of D.C.'s Michelin star restaurant Maydān, releases her debut cookbook
Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes, which may show up in some pre-cut mixes, are believed to be behind a growing outbreak of salmonella infections across the U.S. and Canada. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Deep-frying a turkey has become popular in recent decades — but the Consumer Product Safety Commission is reminding people of the risks of the technique, and how to safely fry a bird for Thanksgiving. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
A customer in Chicago looks for turkeys offered for sale on Nov. 20, 2023, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Turkey prices have fallen — but the cost of many groceries are still higher. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Pastry chef Carla Jones loads a trio of sweet potato pies onto a tray destined for the oven on Nov. 15 at Ol' Henry, a restaurant in Berkeley, Mo. Tristen Rouse/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Pumpkin or sweet potato pie? There's a rich history behind both
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English peas grow in simulated Martian dirt. Emmanuel Mendoza hide caption
Can we grow veggies on Mars? Fly larvae and synthetic soil may hold the answer
Kenji López-Alt says spatchcocking the turkey is the best way to overcome the common problem of light meat overcooking by the time dark meat is ready. Viktoria Agureeva/Getty Images hide caption
How to make the juiciest, tastiest Thanksgiving turkey, according to science
The alt-holiday 'Friendsgiving' can be just as much stress within our social circles as within our families. So what can you do to handle any potential stress or drama? GMVozd/Getty Images hide caption
The FDA and the CDC are warning consumers not to eat certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products linked to a salmonella outbreak. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
It's tradition: Every year, Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe onto the air. This year, she's also sharing another cranberry recipe, too — a chutney from actor and food writer Madhur Jaffrey. Darren McCollester/Getty Images hide caption
This year, Mama Stamberg's relish shares the table with cranberry chutney
You might know this artist and actor better as Mr. Chow. Dominik Bindl/Getty Images hide caption
Artist, actor and restaurateur Mr. Chow on his driving creative force: 'To be true'
In Lan Lam's recipe, the turkey is cooked in a preheated roasting pan placed on top of a preheated pizza stone or pizza steel to deliver more heat to the legs and thighs. "By the time the breasts hit 160 degrees, the legs are done and you don't have to go in and do much to the turkey," she says. America's Test Kitchen hide caption
This Thanksgiving turkey recipe skips a stressful step: Flipping the bird
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Tyson is recalling some 30,000 pounds of dino-shaped chicken nuggets because they may be contaminated with metal. The U.S. Agriculture Department says there was one report of a minor oral injury. Danny Johnston/AP hide caption
A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside its offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The FDA says it's considering banning brominated vegetable oil, a food additive. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Worldwide, women cook nearly nine meals a week on average, while men cook only four, according to a new survey. Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images hide caption
Worldwide, women cook twice as much as men: One country bucks the trend
Hanmei Hoffman and her husband Derrick Hoffman farm in Greeley, Colorado, where most of their produce is sold to schools. Here she's moving boxes of cucumbers from a refrigerated container and loading them onto a waiting truck to deliver them to schools along Colorado's Front Range. Rae Solomon/Harvest Public Media hide caption