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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: Ina Garten signs cookbooks during Food Network's 25th Birthday Party Celebration at the 11th annual New York City Wine & Food Festival in 2018 in New York City. Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Food Network hide caption

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Ina Garten was ready for the luck

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The African nation of Mauritania was a land of pastoral nomads when it gained independence from France in 1960, but it has since become a nation of fishermen as well, with hundreds of pirogues lining the beach of the capital of Nouakchott. George Steinmetz hide caption

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Is there a way to prevent the unpleasant symptoms that come with a heavy night of drinking? Experts weigh in on common hangover myths. Photo illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption

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What people get wrong about hangovers

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Turkey Thigh Confit is a delicious main course that you can make well ahead of Thanksgiving. Steve Klise/America's Test Kitchen hide caption

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Make-Ahead Thanksgiving

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The kunafa bar created by the Dearborn, Mich., ice cream store Booza Delight was inspired by the Dubai chocolate trend. Yasser Hashwi/Booza Delight hide caption

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A viral chocolate bar from Dubai adapts to the U.S.

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Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of America First Policy Institute, introduces former President Donald Trump during a press conference in July 2021 in Bedminster, N.J. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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The Transportation Security Administration has listed Thanksgiving foods that can be carried through a TSA checkpoint. Transportation Security Administration hide caption

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Behold: Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish. (Yes, it's supposed to be that color.) Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption

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Mama Stamberg's relish faces its toughest critics: NPR staffers

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Chef and TV host Prue Leith shares tasty and easy-to-make recipes in her new cookbook, Life's Too Short to Stuff A Mushroom — along with dozens of cooking hacks from her 65-year culinary career. Ant Duncan/Carnival Publishing hide caption

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Clever kitchen hacks from 'Bake Off' judge Prue Leith

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Federal health officials say the current E. coli outbreak is linked to organic whole bagged carrots and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms. Mychele Daniau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ayesha Rascoe watches her daughters Annalise, 7, and Gabrielle, 8, prepare chicken. (left to right) Melissa Gray/NPR hide caption

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BOOK: How To Cook Everything Kids

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President-elect Donald Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to play a major role in U.S. food policy as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Some farmers and agriculture experts worry that Kennedy will push unscientific and unproven ideas. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images hide caption

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How long do leftovers last? And other food safety questions, answered

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Tyler the Creator, Charli XCX, and a crying baby. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Karwai Tang/WireImage/George Marks/Retrofile/) hide caption

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Sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles — all of these delightful delicacies are made via fermentation, the transformation of one food into another with the help of microbes. Yulia Naumenko/Yulia Naumenko | Getty Images hide caption

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Fermentation is behind a lot of the food you eat

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Margarita Womack, owner of the frozen empanadas company MasPanadas, (left,) looks over staffers inspecting empanadas to ensure quality control. Imperfect empanadas such as those with an uneven shape are removed and donated. Marisa Peñaloza/NPR hide caption

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Starbucks has hired a new CEO to turn around sales declines. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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STARBUCKS BACK TO STARBUCKS

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