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Food

A group of people sharing an outdoor meal at a table surrounded by lush greenery, with one man serving food to the laughing guests
Lifestyle
A new cookbook suggests that eating like a Sardinian could help prolong your life
Various pastries and sandwiches displayed on trays, including croissants, filled pastries, and seeded bread rolls with cheese.
Lifestyle
In Sweden, ‘fika’ is making time for coffee, sweets and the people you care about
5:15
A person pouring red wine into a glass, with other filled glasses in the background, on a wooden table.
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Raising a glass to global wine
7:39
Close-up of Rummo brand pasta packages, featuring Mezzi Rigatoni and other types, with labels indicating the pasta is made in Italy.
DW
An Italian city takes on sub-par pasta
5:53
A bakery display case featuring various cakes: a walnut cake with icing, a chocolate almond cake with a decorative edge, and a rectangular cake with white frosting and colorful sprinkles. Labels with descriptions are placed in front of the cakes.
Community
From pensions to pastries: Vienna café supports elderly workers
6:05
A plate of crispbread topped with potatoes, herring, red onions, dill, and red berries, accompanied by two glasses of beer.
Food
Surströmming challenge: How Swedes actually eat the world’s worst-smelling food
6:02
A person on horseback is riding through a cattle pen lined with multiple enclosures filled with cattle, under a shadowed, metal-roofed structure.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Amid surge in exports to US, Argentina aims to reclaim the glory days of its beef
6:56
A person walking through a dense olive grove, with expansive rows of olive trees visible in the background.
DW
Spain debates using the sun for olive harvests or solar park projects
6:42
Three people are seated at a restaurant table eating various dishes, including a bowl of soup and pasta. One person is seen pulling long strands of pasta from the dish, while another is using a spoon and fork.
Food
In search of a Turkish dish that feels like home
8:08
A hand holding a mix of small red and dark blue berries against a forest background.
Out of Eden Walk
What foods power a walk around the globe?
6:29
A grove of lush, green mango trees with a dirt path winding through the grass underneath the trees.
Environment
India’s mango farmers race to adapt to changing markets and a changing climate
5:42
A round apple cake with a slice missing, showing a moist interior, placed on a decorative blue and white plate.
Food
‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions
7:16
Israel-Hamas war
‘It wasn’t designed to work’: A firsthand account of aid distribution in Gaza
17:28
Israel-Hamas war
‘We are starving’: Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza
7:15
Food
Barbecue recipes — Asian-style
8:17
Lifestyle
How tequila crossed the Mexican border and won over Americans
6:31
Food
New cookbook highlights Nigerian homecooking 
4:18
Food
A graphic novel cookbook telling the stories behind some uniquely named Chinese dishes
4:26
Japan in Focus
A look at the culture and tradition behind brewing sake in Japan
3:50
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Cellophane oasis
3:47
Food
The drink of India’s Indigenous people gets a modern twist
5:58
Food
‘A whole bunch of goodness’: Chef Alexander Smalls talks about new cookbook of African home cooking
7:58
Immigration
Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples
4:58
Japan in Focus
In rural Japan, a closed school becomes a new kind of community hub
4:57
Japan in Focus
The precarious state of green tea in Japan
6:17
Lifestyle
For Germany’s beer capital, a new buzz
5:01
Science & Technology
Seafood cultivated in a lab could help mitigate the next pandemic
7:38
Food
Which cold foods do people across the globe enjoy during sweltering summer months?
Israel-Hamas war
‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe,’ aid worker says
6:11
Food
An ancient Yemenite delicacy is passed down through generations
6:02
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘We are struggling’: Malawi’s farmers hit hard by fertilizer prices
4:26
Food
A visit to an all-fungi restaurant in Mexico City
4:16
The Big Fix
In Uzbekistan, the race is on to sustain the world’s growing aquaculture industry
6:31
Food
Baltic ‘beet down’: Latvia and Lithuania clash over cold pink soup
3:34
Israel-Hamas war
These Israelis are trying to counter other Israelis blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza
4:04
Makaa or charcoal is often used in cooking methods in Kenya and other countries in Africa.
Energy
The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide
6:52
‘Dönerflation’: Outcry in Germany over rising cost of döner kebab
5:20
Food
A local soda is making a comeback in Turkey
4:12
People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
Aid worker says they can’t operate after 7 World Center Kitchen staffers are killed in Israeli strike
Polyethylene bags are used to protect bananas from pests and blight on a plantation in Costa Rica.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The shadow of the United Fruit Company still reaches across the globe today
"I'll Have What She's Having" is an exhibit that explores the history of Jewish delis in America.
Culture
Jewish American delis: A story of culture, community and survival
A busy lunchtime at the Daryaganj restaurant, which claims to own the recipe for the original butter chicken and has been sued for copyright infringement by a rival Delhi restaurant.
Food
Who invented butter chicken? Dueling claims battle it out in an Indian high court.
Turkish breakfasts are elaborate and offer a wide variety of options eaten over the course of an hour or two. Diners are not expected to eat everything on the table. 
Food
In Istanbul, the classic ‘Turkish breakfast’ comes under fire for food waste
A 9th-century recipe from a 10th-century cookbook from Baghdad, updated for the modern diner by renowned chef, cookbook author and restaurateur Najmieh Batmanglij.
Lifestyle
‘Dining with the Sultan’: A unique exhibit explores the fine art of feasting in historic Islamic lands
tablescape of assorted Nigerian foods
Food
A food writer celebrates the tastes of her hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Salah Fareeq Al-Feroun's farm sits unattended without the necessary water to cultivate Iraq's signature anbar rice, Al-Meshkhab, Najaf Province, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2023.
Food
Iraq’s signature anbar rice is disappearing amid water shortages
Seafood Congee, as presented in the Taiwanese cookbook Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation.
Books
A new book explores Taiwan’s culinary identity
fishermen with dead sharks
Environment
The illegal trade of shark fin is thriving in South America
Seon Joo Oh cooks beef bulgogi during a recent cooking class in Hamilton High School's culinary room.
Food
Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have learned Korean cooking from this woman
bread and flour
Food
Is it time for Senegal to end its romance with the French baguette?
Clothes are on display at the Mar Design tailor shop in central St. Louis in northern Senegal.
Lifestyle & Belief
Muslims in Senegal prepare for Eid al-Adha celebrations
A woman in the middle of a crop field holding crops
The Big Fix
An engineer in Bolivia is reviving an ancestral, nutritious grain for the 21st century
For more than a century, water from mineral springs in the Georgian town of Borjomi has been bottled and sold throughout the former Soviet Union. To this day, Borjomi remains a well-known brand from Kyiv to Kazakhstan.
Ukraine
Georgia’s famous Borjomi water company takes a hit during Russia-Ukraine war
Ayyad Mohmmed Ali works on his farm where he grows date palm trees and vegetables, Iraq.
The Big Fix
This startup is fighting to keep Iraq’s palm trees alive
Customers get out their smartphones and go silent as Shizuo Mori begins his pudding-fling serving technique that made him a viral sensation.
Food
This 80-year-old pudding maker in Tokyo goes viral for his flan-flinging flair
sushi restaurant facade
Japanese restaurants use AI to combat sushi terrorism
The ambiance of the Bab al-Yemen restaurant in Boston adds to a unique dining experience for customers, Apr. 12, 2023.
Lifestyle & Belief
At Boston’s first Yemeni restaurant, food, community and tradition are on the menu this Ramadan
Bundz cheese from Poland.
Food
Polish cheesemakers bask in newfound fame
Father Damion, abbot at St. Joseph's Trappist Abbey, left, and Spencer Brewery director Father Isaac walk through their new, state-of-the-art facility.
Lifestyle & Belief
Trappist monks keep beer tradition alive despite decline in interest for monastic life
One of the main dishes at The Pork House includes a crunchy roasted pork with beans and fresh vegetables and is paired with the Brazilian national drink: caipirinha. 
Food
Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails