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Cuisine of the Southern United States

Mike Adams is the owner of Royalty Pecan Farm in Caldwell, Texas. Most of the nuts pictured here are being prepared for export to China.

The Chinese went wild for American pecans — which may be bad news for wild pecan trees

Business

If you’re wondering why pecans are getting so expensive, the answer probably lies in China. The demand for pecans in China has boomed over the last few years, but American growers are killing off the native pecan — America’s only indigenous tree nut — to give the Chinese the varieties they want.

Praise the Lard

Health & Medicine

No Ketchup and Lots of Chili, Finding the Country’s Best Hot Dog

China Goes Nuts for Pecans, but Americans Pay a Price

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The power of secret recipes

Arts, Culture & Media

25 years ago, Coke switched its famous secret recipe to ‘New Coke.’ Coke fans were not impressed, and the soft-drink company brought back Classic-Coke a few months later. We take a look at America’s great secret recipes.

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The New Orleans JazzFest is also a festival of food

Arts, Culture & Media

In New Orleans, the city’s famed Jazz & Heritage Festival is underway. And of course, most people go for the music. But there’s another side to JazzFest: the food.