What should we eat tonight? If you live in an urban area, your immediate response to that question might be to propose an ethnic cuisine. Careful, though. In this July 2015 article, Washington Post features writer Lavanya Ramanathan distinguishes between our innate desire to explore the world with our taste buds and the attitude of …

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Some call it soda, others call it pop. Some say coke generically, even if it’s Pepsi that they drink. Whatever you call it, even McDonald’s concedes that we drink too much of it, and they are working to reduce soda consumption with their Happy Meals. Candice Choi, an Associated Press reporter who covers the food …

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