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Simple, 1-skillet chicken breast dinner evokes summer in Provence

Simple, 1-skillet chicken breast dinner evokes summer in Provence

Sunny southern France, known for swaying fields of purple lavender buds, also is flush with all manner of aromatic herbs. Tarragon, fennel, savory, sage, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, thyme, mint, oregano and more grow wild.
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Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled

Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled

VANCOUVER — Cheese sticks and a bagel. A boiled egg with raw broccoli. A fat ball of burrata cheese sitting atop a pile of green grapes.
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Richer countries like Canada must deliver proactive aid: head of UN rural food agency

Richer countries like Canada must deliver proactive aid: head of UN rural food agency

OTTAWA — The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to boost proactive aid to developing states, as Ottawa increasingly shifts its focus to humanitarian support for crises that have already happened.
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Lahmajoun ‘pizzas’ are a family-friendly dinner to satisfy Dad

Lahmajoun ‘pizzas’ are a family-friendly dinner to satisfy Dad

In Turkey, Armenia and the Levant, a meat-topped flatbread known as lahmajoun comes topped with spiced ground lamb, tomatoes and bell pepper.
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'Part of something bigger:' Kids help at community garden, raise money for food bank

'Part of something bigger:' Kids help at community garden, raise money for food bank

EDMONTON — Reid Garrin says he has fun gardening at his local church because he gets to dig in the dirt, but the 12-year-old also knows the work is important. "I'm gardening for the food bank this year," says Reid, plowing dirt with a trowel.
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U.N. suspends food aid to Ethiopia over diversion of supplies, a day after U.S. does the same

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program said Friday that it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted, an announcement that came a day after the United States Agency for International D
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US suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds 'widespread' theft

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa's second most-populous country, after an internal investigation found donated food intended for millions of h
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A deadly duo: Climate change and conflict are fuelling Nigeria's food insecurity crisis

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Canada's national food policy is at risk of enshrining a two-tiered food system

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Italian whole-hog cooking inspires herbaceous pork chops

Italian whole-hog cooking inspires herbaceous pork chops

At weekly markets across central Italy, ancient town squares fill with the aromas of spit-roasted pork slathered in rosemary, fennel pollen and garlic.
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